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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 553-573Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208331246
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feminist theory; patriarchy; violence against women
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Feminist scholars have produced abundant writings on violence against women, yet theory development has stagnated. The effort to construct a theory of patriarchy to explain violence against women was derailed by criticism. In this article, the author addresses some of these criticisms, uncovers the explanatory strengths of this concept, and lays some foundations for a more fully developed theory of violence against women. The concept of patriarchy holds promise for theorizing violence against women because it keeps the theoretical focus on dominance, gender, and power. It also anchors the problem of violence against women in social conditions, rather than individual attributes.
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