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9780761919957

It Could Happen to Anyone : Why Battered Women Stay

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761919957

  • ISBN10:

    0761919953

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-04-25
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Summary

This revised and updated edition of It Could Happen to Anyone provides a comprehensive examination of why women stay in abusive relationships and why they leave, explaining why women should not be blamed for their victimization.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(14)
Weaving the Fabric of Abuse: Learned Hopefulness and Learned Helplessness
15(24)
Institutional Battering: The Power of the Patriarchy
39(26)
Victimization: Why Does It Happen to Her?
65(28)
Living With Fear: The Force That Holds, Molds, Controls
93(24)
Meltdown: The Impact of Stress and Learned Helplessness
117(22)
Catalysts for Change
139(22)
Voices of Hope: Survivors Speak
161(8)
Appendix A: A Compilation of Statistics on Abuse of Intimates 169(8)
Appendix B: General Learning Information 177(6)
Appendix C: Specific Learning Experiments 183(6)
References 189(52)
Index 241(14)
About the Authors 255

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