Annotated Bibliography On Domestic Violence

Annotations of the Cited Articles
Article: Abraham, M., & Tastsoglou, E. (2016). Addressing domestic violence in Canada and the United States: The uneasy co-habitation of women and the state. Current Sociology, 64(4), 568. doi: 10.1177/0011392116639221
In this article, the authors have highlighted how activists and feminist sociologists focus on the violence against women linking it to the cultural and structural elements which subordinate women, primarily intersecting limited rights and inequalities. Mobilization by the Anti-Violence and Battered Women’s Movements, legislation, policy and media attention led to increased support and awareness in addressing violence against women. Nevertheless, researchers and activists have criticized the
But recently, some of the family violence sociologists, men’s activists and researchers have disputed feminist claims to women being the main victims suffering from intimate partner violence by citing various studies indicating that men are often violently victimized by their intimate partners who are females; arguing that violence in intimate relationships symbolizes ‘mutual combat’ and need to be conceptualized as gender neutral. On the other hand, women activists and feminist researchers are against the conceptualization of gender neutral and claim violence to be gendered and that issues of meaning, consequences and context has to examined prior to laying claims for symmetry of gender. This article examines the debate on the gendered nature of violence by the intimate partner and concludes by hinting that a gender specific and feminist theoretical framework is very useful in understanding intimate heterosexual partner
These types of oppression are linked in an intimate way to the socio-economic and cultural background of a woman thereby affecting the way, women experience domestic abuse. Even though, researchers indicate that feminist therapy is an effective approach in the counselling of women who are abused; the author criticizes the failure in acknowledging the diversity among racially visible and immigrant women subjected to abuse. The article examines the effectivity of feminist therapy as well as its limitations during the counselling of racially visible and immigrant women victimized by abuse. The author highlights the realness of domestic violence endured by these women and also how the needs of these women are different from that of the women belonging to the dominant culture. This article offers strategies towards a better inclusive approach of feminist therapy as an alternative to the existing ways of assessment and