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THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF BATTERED WOMEN IN FAMILY THERAPISTS' OFFICES: MALE PRIVILEGE COLLUDING WITH MALE VIOLENCE
Author(s) -
Kaufman Gus
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1992.tb00936.x
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , silence , domestic violence , marital therapy , psychology , intimate partner , cycle of violence , family therapy , criminology , suicide prevention , medicine , psychotherapist , poison control , medical emergency , computer security , aesthetics , philosophy , computer science
Family therapy has not served battered women well. Men use battering to silence women; a woman, once abused, is unlikely to speak honestly in a situation where doing so invites re‐abuse. Therefore we rarely perceive, label or deal effectively with male violence toward women, a major source of marital disruption. To stand with the oppressed, we must learn to detect the possibility of abuse, separate the couple, and refuse to collude with criminal acts.