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- Title
Reframing the Narrative of the Battered Women’s Movement.
- Authors
Arnold, Gretchen; Ake, Jami
- Abstract
Many claim that the battered women’s movement has been co-opted and depoliticized. We argue that this narrative of decline should be reframed as one of continual growth that has incorporated evolving feminist frameworks. We show how the movement’s first generation of activists has learned from its mistakes and continues to challenge systems that fail survivors of abuse. In addition, a second generation of activists, many of whom are minority women, has created new organizations and new ways to practice intersectionality. We conclude that each strand within the movement brings complementary strengths that can prepare it to meet future challenges.
- Subjects
ABUSED women; ASIANS; CONSUMER cooperatives; COURTS; ETHNIC groups; FEMINISM; HOUSING; LEGISLATION; MENTAL health services; PUBLIC welfare; RACISM; SAFETY; SOCIAL change; VICTIMS; WOMEN'S health services; GOVERNMENT policy; LGBTQ+ people; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; NARRATIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL goals; INTIMATE partner violence
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2013, Vol 19, Issue 5, p557
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801213490508