Titre du document / Document title

Is domestic violence a gender issue, or a human issue?

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

MCNEELY R. L. ⁽¹⁾ ; COOK Philip W. ; TORRES José B. ^{(2 3)} ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ETATS-UNIS
⁽²⁾ Center for Addictions and Behavioral Health Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ETATS-UNIS
⁽³⁾ School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Domestic violence, like all violence, is a human issue. It is not merely a gender issue. Classifying spousal and partner violence as a women's issue, rather than a human issue, is erroneous. In domestic relations, women are as inclined as men to engage in physically abusive acts. Yet most reports appearing in the popular press, and in scholarly journals, have framed the issue as essentially a masculine form of assaultive behavior, thereby imbedding into the national consciousness a false and inaccurate view of the problem. This article presents the results of selected empirical studies that contradict the popular view of domestic violence, briefly focuses on the phenomenon as it relates to race, offers several elucidating case accounts, and suggests that the popular view of domestic violence not only contributes to men's increasing legal and social defenselessness, it also leads to social policies that obstruct efforts to address the problem of domestic violence successfully.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of human behavior in the social environment   ISSN 1091-1359 

Source / Source

2001, vol. 4, n^o 4 (156 p.)  (3 p.3/4), pp. 227-251

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, ETATS-UNIS  (1998) (Revue)

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 26541, 35400009975021.0020