Feminism and Violence

The Hegemonic Second Wave's Encounter with Rape and Domestic Abuse in USA (1970-1985)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4897750
AutoresPilar Rodríguez Martínez (0000-0001-6347-9117, University of Almería, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume23
Fascículo3
Páginas147-172
Data de publicação2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCultural Dynamics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0921374011430566
OpenAlexW2045110685
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas16

This article, focused on violence against women, is a response to hegemonic feminists of the Second Wave in the USA (1970-85). Initially, this violence was explained by the biological difference between men and women, a difference ultimately used as a basis for the origin of the patriarchal system. And the use of violence against women came to be associated with the social and sexual control of women by men in patriarchal societies. As a result, hegemonic feminists of the Second Wave assert the following about domestic violence: 1) it is associated with biological differences between men and women, a difference which is fundamental to patriarchal systems; 2) it is unilateral, that is, only men commit acts of violence against women, and it affects all women irrespective of age, social class, education, or national origin; and 3) it is an expression of power that men hold over women in patriarchal societies. Here I will focus specifically on the cases of rape and domestic violence to show how these general theories have been applied in practice

Commit · Criminology · Domestic violence · Feminism · Hegemony · Patriarchy · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies