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What is the Common Scold? troublesome and angry women who break the public peace. It
was a crime that consisted of speaking one's mind and could only be committed by women.
When was the Common Scold Law declared obsolete in England by the Criminal Law Act ? In
1967
When was the last women convicted of being a common scold in the U.S.? in 1829, but the
last women accused of being a scold in the U.S. was in 1971 in New Jersey.
What is Riding the Stang? rituals of public shaming by community sanctions
What is abuse? repeated attempts to control, manipulate, or demean another individual
using physical, sexual, or emotional tactics.
What is physical abuse? any use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control someone
else. Ex.) pushing, slapping, choking, biting, kicking, etc.
What is emotional abuse? any use of words, voice, action, or lack of action meant to control,
hurt, or demean another person.
Emotionally abusive relationships are defined as what? involving repeated hurtful exchanges
with a disregard for the partner's feelings.
What are some types of verbal abuse? threatening to kill , accusing partner of
unfaithfulness, name calling, criticizing, yelling, etc.
What is sexual abuse? any sexual behavior meant to control, manipulate, humiliate, or
demean another person.
, Sex in abusive relationships is often used as what? as means to exert power over the female
partner and to further shame and humiliate her. Frequently women are raped after a beating.
What are some types of sexual abuse? unwanted touching, unfaithfulness, forced sex,
hurtful sex, forcing partner to watch others have sex.
What are some myths about domestic violence and victims? that victims provoke their
abusers, battered women are helpless, passive, fragile, and have little to no education, battered
women enjoy abuse, batterers are inappropriate in all their relationships, abusive relationships
will not change for the better, and alcohol and drug use cause battering
What are some realities of domestic violence? Batterers chose to be violent instead of
choosing a nonviolent alternative, domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial,
educational, and religious lines, victim blaming is another way taking the blame away the
batterer, the victim cannot control the batterer, batterers choose to act violently in select
relationships as a means of dominating
What does the feminist theory propose the cause of domestic violence is? The theory
suggest that economic, social, and historical processes operate both directly and indirectly to
support male dominated (patriarchal) social order and the family structure itself. Patriarchy has
led to the subordination of women and domestic violence is a way of maintaining this
subordination.
What is the "choice theory"? this theory states that men abuse women because they can or
choose too. They choose to behave abusively toward their female partners because they can
get away with it and because doing so gets them what they want.
What are the effects of domestic violence on victims? lowered self esteem, accepting
responsibility for the partners actions, guilt, feelings of helplessness that affect how the women
think, feel, and act. Also they may be in denial which is used as a survival strategy.
What is the Common Scold? troublesome and angry women who break the public peace. It
was a crime that consisted of speaking one's mind and could only be committed by women.
When was the Common Scold Law declared obsolete in England by the Criminal Law Act ? In
1967
When was the last women convicted of being a common scold in the U.S.? in 1829, but the
last women accused of being a scold in the U.S. was in 1971 in New Jersey.
What is Riding the Stang? rituals of public shaming by community sanctions
What is abuse? repeated attempts to control, manipulate, or demean another individual
using physical, sexual, or emotional tactics.
What is physical abuse? any use of size, strength, or presence to hurt or control someone
else. Ex.) pushing, slapping, choking, biting, kicking, etc.
What is emotional abuse? any use of words, voice, action, or lack of action meant to control,
hurt, or demean another person.
Emotionally abusive relationships are defined as what? involving repeated hurtful exchanges
with a disregard for the partner's feelings.
What are some types of verbal abuse? threatening to kill , accusing partner of
unfaithfulness, name calling, criticizing, yelling, etc.
What is sexual abuse? any sexual behavior meant to control, manipulate, humiliate, or
demean another person.
, Sex in abusive relationships is often used as what? as means to exert power over the female
partner and to further shame and humiliate her. Frequently women are raped after a beating.
What are some types of sexual abuse? unwanted touching, unfaithfulness, forced sex,
hurtful sex, forcing partner to watch others have sex.
What are some myths about domestic violence and victims? that victims provoke their
abusers, battered women are helpless, passive, fragile, and have little to no education, battered
women enjoy abuse, batterers are inappropriate in all their relationships, abusive relationships
will not change for the better, and alcohol and drug use cause battering
What are some realities of domestic violence? Batterers chose to be violent instead of
choosing a nonviolent alternative, domestic violence crosses all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial,
educational, and religious lines, victim blaming is another way taking the blame away the
batterer, the victim cannot control the batterer, batterers choose to act violently in select
relationships as a means of dominating
What does the feminist theory propose the cause of domestic violence is? The theory
suggest that economic, social, and historical processes operate both directly and indirectly to
support male dominated (patriarchal) social order and the family structure itself. Patriarchy has
led to the subordination of women and domestic violence is a way of maintaining this
subordination.
What is the "choice theory"? this theory states that men abuse women because they can or
choose too. They choose to behave abusively toward their female partners because they can
get away with it and because doing so gets them what they want.
What are the effects of domestic violence on victims? lowered self esteem, accepting
responsibility for the partners actions, guilt, feelings of helplessness that affect how the women
think, feel, and act. Also they may be in denial which is used as a survival strategy.
