1. Family Violence
... of batterer he is and the type of violence he is involved, the different types being discussed earlier. Feminists tend to take a political perspective, saying that societal values cause family violence. They believe that society has a "patriarchal structure that functions to subordinate women" and major institutions reflect these patriarchal values and encourage and maintain violence against women (Marin ... , occupational prestige, and income, "he may feel threatened by his wife's status relative to his" (Anderson and Schlossberg, 2003: 109). When a husband can not meet his "family respo...
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