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Violence and gender reexamined /

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Challenges one of Western culture's most deeply held assumptions: that violence against women is different from violence against men. The author argues that this type of violence is rarely the result of sexism or hatred against women. He cites research suggesting that the motives for violence a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Felson, Richard B.
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2002]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Law and public policy.
Subjects:
Women > Violence against > United States.
Violence in men > United States.
Violence > United States > Psychological aspects.
Sexism > United States.
Prejudice > United States.
Violence > psychology > United States.
Women > United States.
Sexism.
Violence in men.
Violence > Psychological aspects.
Women > Violence against.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A theory of instrumental aggression
  • Violence inside and outside the family:
  • Comparing frequencies
  • Gender differences in power and status
  • Chivalry
  • Privacy and police intervention
  • Controlling women
  • Love triangles
  • Rape and sexual coercion:
  • Coercive versus consensual sex
  • Sexual motivation
  • Sexism and sexual coercion
  • Sexual coercion and the law.