SOCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Feminist Theory, Dysfunctional Family, Sibling Abuse
Week 9- stress and violence
Causes of violence
• Previous experience of violence
• Patriarchal attitudes
• Interactional attitudes
o Older couples with violent tendencies
• Status inconsistency
• Alcoholism and drug abuse
• Lack of coping resources
o Family friends
o Community
o Financial support
o Integration in society
▪ Immigrants
• Social isolation
o Isolated from other members and society
• Cultural attitudes
o Acceptance in culture
• Traditional family values
o Male dominance
Immigrant families
• Immigration is a cause of stress for families undergoing this change
• Choice to live in area where language and culture are familiar to minimize stress
• Families from traditionally patriarchal families are more likely to experience stress that
leads to domestic violence
Child abuse
• Legislation requiring professionals to report suspected cases of child abuse was
introduced in 1962
Elder abuse
• Abuse may take different forms and change over time
o Emotional
o Financial
o Physical
o Neglect
o Sexual abuse
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Document Summary
Causes of violence: previous experience of violence, patriarchal attitudes. Interactional attitudes: older couples with violent tendencies, status inconsistency, alcoholism and drug abuse, lack of coping resources, family friends, community, financial support. Isolated from other members and society: cultural attitudes, acceptance in culture, traditional family values, male dominance. Child abuse: legislation requiring professionals to report suspected cases of child abuse was introduced in 1962. Sibling abuse: most common form of domestic violence and often considered natural, we do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)d or si(cid:271)li(cid:374)g a(cid:271)use or its lo(cid:374)g-term consequences, not see as serious, childre(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h of a (cid:448)oi(cid:272)e. Same sex violence: studies suggest partner violence is as prevalent in gay and lesbian community as in the heterosexual community, experience the same social factors, same-sex violence challenges feminist theory. Integration of socio-political and psychological analysis may produce a better understanding of battering: lack of acceptance, homophobic attitudes, male couples have more physical abuse, female couples have more emotional abuse.
