Male Marital Violence Against Women Scale

Abstract From 1970, research into women’s responses to marital violence became much more intense than ever before. Academic literature emphasizes two explanatory perspectives: of the woman as passive victim and of the woman who uses strategies to protect herself. The main goals of this study were to explore the effectiveness of personal strategies that women use to survive violence, the factors that influence the recurrence of violence, and the demand for shelter and the role of shelters in the process of recovery and healing. We interviewed eight battered women, from rural areas, all of whom had taken refuge in shelters, some of them several time. We identified a number of psychopathological consequences of domestic violence against women. Regardless of the severity of the attacks, the assumption that women are passive in face of violence doesn’t hold water. Women’s effort to survive violence is often hampered by inefficient response of rural police and the apathy of the community at large. The study concludes with suggestions for practice.

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Aspectos demográficos e sociodemográficos de mulheres em situação de violência conjugal: estudo descritivo

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing ◽

10.17665/1676-4285.20165380 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 423

Author(s):

Fernanda Matheus Estrela ◽

Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ◽

Maria Enoy Neves Gusmão ◽

Josinete Gonçalves dos Santos Lirio ◽

Telmara Menezes Couto ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Single Mothers ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Action Plan ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Research Support ◽

Action Research Project ◽

Black Single Mothers

Aim: To identify demographic and socioeconomic aspects of women in marital violence. Method: This is a descriptive and quantitative study, linked to an action research project under funding from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (Research Support Foundation of the Bahia State). A documentary research was carried out from the information contained in 212 cases registered in 2014 under the jurisprudence of the 1st Court of Domestic and Family Violence against Women in Salvador. Data analysis was performed through the distribution of frequencies. Result: the investigation of cases registered in 2014 revealed that the denunciation of domestic violence is performed mostly by women aged between 25 and 49 years old, black, single mothers, who have completed at least high school and are earning up to two minimum wages. Discussion: In this profile of women, already desirous of putting an end to violence, there must be an action plan so that they will not give up fighting for a life free of violence.

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Violence against women as an obstacle to women's productivity in Nigeria: A challenge to recreate contemporary Nigerian society

Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences ◽

10.21472/bjbs(2020)071508 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (15) ◽

pp. 79-100

Author(s):

Christian Chima Chukwu ◽

Ignatius Sunday Ume

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Social Life ◽

Labour Force ◽

Population Group ◽

Well Being ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Formal Sector ◽

Chi Square ◽

Productivity Improvement ◽

Women's Lives

Women's lives and their bodies have been the unacknowledged casualties of men for too long. As a result of violence perpetrated against them, their productivity in workplaces have decreased over time. Understanding that productivity improvement is a key objective for industries, the thrust of the study is, therefore, to evaluate, from a sociological perspective, the consequences of violence on women's productivity in contemporary Nigerian society. A sample 595 respondents was selected through the multistage sampling techniques amongst working class women. The questionnaire was subjected to face and content validation by experts from gender and women studies. Chi-square was adopted to test the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. Findings reveal that violence against women disrupts women's lives, destroys their health, undermines their confidence, and takes away their psychological sense of esteem, as well as undermines their full participation in social life. Secondly, the study show that women make several medical visits every year to treat injuries resulting from assaults by spouse thereby limiting the number of hours spent in the office. Essentially, violence against women lessens the woman's inability to work and promote productivity. Based on this, the study concludes that since women represent an important population group in Nigeria, there is an urgent need to address marital violence against them, particularly those in the formal sector of the economy because they make meaningful contributions to the overall labour force and general societal well-being of all and sundry. In view of this, the study recommends, amongst others, that government through state and non-state actions should ensure the strict enforcement of laws that protect women's rights, as well as deter their partners from subjecting them to violence. In addition, educational and religious institutions should re-orientate men to be more accommodating in their relationship with their women partners on the ills associated with marital violence particularly wife abuse, with a view to getting them unlearn such violent behaviours. Finally, there is a need for advocacy and concerted action that will involve the educational, health, civil and religious sectors of the society to evolve sustainable structures that will empower women and provide support to enable victims to react appropriately to violence.

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Gender ideology, microcredit participation and marital violence against women in rural Bangladesh

10.5353/th_b4659047 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

K.M. Rabiul Karim

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Gender Ideology ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Rural Bangladesh

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Violencia conyugal y víctimas de la guerra: la valenciana Beatriz Martí y la troyana Andrómaca de Eurípides

SCRIPTA Revista Internacional de Literatura i Cultura Medieval i Moderna ◽

10.7203/scripta.16.19231 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 279

Author(s):

Anastasia Terzopoulou

Keyword(s):

Middle Ages ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Ancient Greece ◽

Marital Violence ◽

The Other ◽

Crown Of Aragon ◽

Late Middle Ages ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

The Family ◽

The One

Resumen: En este trabajo se desarrolla el tema de la violencia de la mujer en la Antigua Grecia y en la Corona de Aragón a finales de la Edad Media. Concretamente, los casos que se analizan tienen que ver, por una parte, con la violencia cometida contra la princesa de Troya, Andrómaca, la cual tras el saqueo y la caída de su patria se ha convertido en una cautiva de guerra, en una concubina de la familia que mató a su esposo e hijo; y, por la otra, con la violencia marital de la valenciana Beatriz Martí. Ambas mujeres, a pesar de los siglos que les separan, sufren injusticias y dolor, pero, también cuentan con una persona que les presta su ayuda y protección: en el caso de Andrómaca es Peleo, el abuelo de su actual amo; y, en el caso de Beatriz, la reina María de Aragón. Palabras clave: mujer, violencia, protección, maltrato, defensa Abstract: This paper develops the issue of violence against women in Ancient Greece and in the Crown of Aragon in the Late Middle Ages. Specifically, the cases analyzed have to do, on the one hand, with the violence committed against the Princess of Troy, Andromache, who, after the looting and fall of her homeland, has become a war captive, a concubine of the family that killed her husband and son; and, on the other, the case of the marital violence of the Valencian Beatriz Martí. Both women, despite the centuries that separate them, suffer injustices and pain, but they also have a person who helps and protects them: in the case of Andromache it is Peleus, the grandfather of its current owner; and, in the case of Beatriz, Queen Maria of Aragon.Keywords: woman, violence, protection, abuse, defense

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Kin Group Affiliation and Marital Violence Against Women in Ghana

Violence and Victims ◽

10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-15-00031 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 486-509 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Alice Pearl Sedziafa ◽

Eric Y. Tenkorang

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Married Women ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

Group Affiliation ◽

Men And Women ◽

Sub Saharan ◽

Ghanaian Women

The socialization of men and women in Ghana often confers either patrilineal or matrilineal rights, privileges, and responsibilities. Yet, previous studies that explored domestic and marital violence in sub-Saharan Africa, and Ghana, paid less attention to kin group affiliation and how the power dynamics within such groups affect marital violence. Using the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey and applying ordinary least squares (OLS) techniques, this study examined what influences physical, sexual, and emotional violence among matrilineal and patrilineal kin groups. Results indicate significant differences among matrilineal and patrilineal kin groups regarding marital violence. Socioeconomic variables that capture feminist and power theories were significantly related to sexual and emotional violence in matrilineal societies. Also, variables that tap both cultural and life course epistemologies of domestic violence were strongly related to physical, sexual, and emotional violence among married women in patrilineal kin groups. Policymakers must pay attention to kin group affiliation in designing policies aimed at reducing marital violence among Ghanaian women.

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Doing His Best to Sustain the Sanctity of Marriage

The Sociological Review ◽

10.1111/j.1467-954x.1983.tb00100.x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 31 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 124-146

Author(s):

Michael D.A. Freeman

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Married Women ◽

Specific Form ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Male Dominance ◽

Satisfactory Solution ◽

Legal Foundation ◽

The World ◽

History Of ◽

Forms Of Violence

Freeman's paper deals with marital rape, a specific form of marital violence which has been virtually ignored in the literature on violence against women. Battering and rape, the author argues, are closely related and frequently occur together. Both forms of violence stem from a patriarchal society designed to protect the interests of men and maintain male dominance. At present men who rape their wives are immune from prosecution in England. This is also the case in most other countries, but the paper also considers what has happened in places where the immunity has been removed or modified. Freeman traces the history of the immunity in England and casts doubt on its legal foundation and on the contemporary arguments used in its defence. The immunity rests on two shaky foundations: that married women are part of their husbands' property and that man and wife are one flesh. The first of these ideas may still have some currency, but it is as out-moded as the immunity itself. The author considers various modifications that could be made to the exclusion rule but concludes that abolition is the only satisfactory solution. Women made a fuss about it in books, but in the cool judgement of right thinking men, of other men of the world, such as he recollected often received praise in the Divorce Court, he had but done his best to sustain the sanctity of marriage, to prevent her from abandoning her duty . … No, he did not regret it.

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Health Implications of Partner Violence Against Women in Ghana

Violence and Victims ◽

10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-13-00075 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 250-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Paul Alhassan Issahaku

Keyword(s):

Sexual Violence ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Physical Violence ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Northern Ghana ◽

Sleep Disruption ◽

Psychological Violence ◽

Health Implications ◽

Partner Violence Against Women

This article explores the health implications of partner violence against women in Ghana using data from northern Ghana. Face-to-face structured interviews were conducted with a sample of 443 women contacted at health facilities in the northern region. Results indicate that 7 out of 10 women have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) within the past 12 months; 62% had experienced psychological violence, 29% had experienced physical violence, and 34% had experienced sexual violence. Participants reported health problems associated with violence, including injury, thoughts of suicide, sleep disruption, and fear of partner (FP). Logistic regression analyses showed that women who reported physical, psychological, and sexual violence, respectively, had 3.94 times, 10.50 times, and 2.21 times the odds of reporting thoughts of suicide, whereas the odds that women who reported physical, psychological, and sexual violence would report sleep disruption were 4.82 times higher, 4.44 times higher, and 2.50 times higher, respectively. However, only physical and psychological violence predicted the odds of FP. This study shows that IPV is a health risk factor among women in Ghana. Measures that should be designed to improve the health of women experiencing marital violence are suggested.

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