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NCJ 060725
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| Title:
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NEGOTIATION OF DAILY LIFE AND THE 'PROVOCATION' OF VIOLENCE - A PATRIARCHICAL CONCEPT IN SUPPORT OF THE WIFE BEATER
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| Author(s):
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R E DOBASH
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| Sale:
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National Institute of Justice/
NCJRS paper reproduction
Box 6000, Dept F
Rockville, MD 20849
United States |
| Publication Date:
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1978 |
| Pages:
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24 |
| Origin:
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United Kingdom |
| Language:
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English |
| Note:
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PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 9TH WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY, AUGUST 1978, UPPSALA, SWEDEN |
| Annotation:
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THIS PAPER DEFINES AND EXPLORES IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROVOCATION-OF-VIOLENCE CONCEPT USED BY HUSBANDS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS TO EXPLAIN AND SOMETIMES TO DEFEND WIFE-BEATING. |
| Abstract:
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THE AUTHOR CITES SEVERAL STUDIES THAT ACCEPT THE IDEA OF THE WIFE'S VERBAL BEHAVIOR, NOT ONLY AS AN EXCUSE FOR PHYSICAL RETALIATION, BUT AS A JUSTIFICATION OF IT. OTHER TYPES OF BEHAVIOR DEFINED AS PROVOCATIVE EITHER BY HUSBANDS OR RESEARCHERS INCLUDE AGGRESSION, NAGGING, DOMINANCE, FAILURE TO BE SUBMISSIVE, BEING TOO TALKATIVE OR TOO QUIET, BEING TOO SEXUAL OR NOT SEXUAL ENOUGH, BEING TOO FRUGAL OR NOT FRUGAL ENOUGH, AND BEING PREGNANT TOO OFTEN OR NOT OFTEN ENOUGH. THE ONLY DISCERNIBLE PATTERN IN THESE BEHAVIORS WAS SOME FAILURE OR REFUSAL OF THE WIFE TO CONFORM TO HER HUSBAND'S WISHES AND AUTHORITY. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE IDEA OF PROVOCATION OR VICTIM PRECIPITATION IS NAIVE AND INSIDIOUS AND REPRESENTS AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE USE OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. THE IDEA IS NAIVE BECAUSE IT FAILS TO PERCEIVE THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP AS ONE IN WHICH THE WOMAN MUST CONSTANTLY NEGOTIATE. IT IS INSIDIOUS BECAUSE IT DENIES THE WOMAN THE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE OR FORM HER OWN BEHAVIOR AND SUPPORTS THE HUSBAND'S AUTHORITY AND ALMOST UNLIMITED RIGHT TO CONTROL HIS WIFE. THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE PARTRIARCHICAL HOUSEHOLD IS DESCRIBED AND DIFFERING PATTERNS OF WIFE AND HUSBAND CONCEPTIONS OF AUTHORITY, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 109 SEVERELY BEATEN WIVES, ARE DISCUSSED. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (AOP) |
| Index Term(s):
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Psychology ; Sociology ; Socioculture ; Family offenses ; Battered wives ; Literature reviews ; Domestic assault ; Abusing spouses |
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