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Towards Balancing Power in Domestic Violence Relationships Response to Shaw & Pye
Author(s) -
Wileman Robin,
Wileman Bud
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1995.tb01057.x
Subject(s) - domestic violence , power (physics) , balance (ability) , project commissioning , criminology , publishing , social psychology , psychology , sociology , political science , human factors and ergonomics , law , poison control , medical emergency , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
In contrast to Shaw and Pye, Wileman and Wileman argue that women are not powerless to influence positive change in relationships involving domestic violence. A balance of power can be attained by many women, without increasing the risk of retaliatory abuse, providing the authors' guidelines are observed. It is time to acknowledge and validate the rights and wishes of the many women victims who want their relationships to survive and the violence to stop.