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Violence Against Women : Myths, Facts, Controversies / Walter S DeKeseredy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781442604001
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.88082/0971 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- One. What is Violence Against Women? -- Two. It Often Hurts to be a Woman in Canada -- Three. “But Women Do It Too!”: Understanding Women’s Use of Violence in Intimate Relationships -- Four. “Who Would Do Such a Thing?”: Explaining Violence Against Women in Canada -- Five. Why Can’t Abused Women Leave Home? -- Six. The Consequences of Violence Against Women -- Seven. “What Can We Do?”: Policy Options -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: In Violence Against Women, award-winning author Walter S. DeKeseredy offers a passionate but well-documented sociological overview of a sobering problem. He starts by outlining the scope of the challenge and debunks current attempts to label intimate violence as gender neutral. He then lays bare the structural practices that sustain this violence, leading to a discussion of long- and short-term policies to address the issue. DeKeseredy includes an examination of male complicity and demonstrates how boys and men can change their roles. Throughout, he responds to myths that dismiss threats to women's health and safety and provides an impassioned call to action for women, men, and policymakers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- One. What is Violence Against Women? -- Two. It Often Hurts to be a Woman in Canada -- Three. “But Women Do It Too!”: Understanding Women’s Use of Violence in Intimate Relationships -- Four. “Who Would Do Such a Thing?”: Explaining Violence Against Women in Canada -- Five. Why Can’t Abused Women Leave Home? -- Six. The Consequences of Violence Against Women -- Seven. “What Can We Do?”: Policy Options -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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In Violence Against Women, award-winning author Walter S. DeKeseredy offers a passionate but well-documented sociological overview of a sobering problem. He starts by outlining the scope of the challenge and debunks current attempts to label intimate violence as gender neutral. He then lays bare the structural practices that sustain this violence, leading to a discussion of long- and short-term policies to address the issue. DeKeseredy includes an examination of male complicity and demonstrates how boys and men can change their roles. Throughout, he responds to myths that dismiss threats to women's health and safety and provides an impassioned call to action for women, men, and policymakers.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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