A deafening silence : Hidden violence against women and children /

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This is an analysis of male violence against women and children, covering the mechanisms society develops to conceal it. The text describes the links between discrimination and violence against women, and develops a model of male violence that rejects those too-easy explanations - 'madness'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romito, Patrizia
Other Authors: Eastwood, Janet
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: Bristol : Policy, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Violence against.
Family violence.
Children > Violence against.
Domestic Violence.
Child Abuse.
Battered Women.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This is an analysis of male violence against women and children, covering the mechanisms society develops to conceal it. The text describes the links between discrimination and violence against women, and develops a model of male violence that rejects those too-easy explanations - 'madness', 'passion' and 'instincts'.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9781847422880

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