SOCL 2505 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iwi Tavor, Tasmanian Football League, Ower
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First law against wife beating in massachusetts bay colony in 1641. Referred to the relations of power and authority between men and women. Struggles usually over men"s power to control women. (our social structure allowed this to happen. Domestic violence is deeply rooted in laws and customs that reinforce male dominance: the medical model of domestic violence. Seen as an illness and source of injury. Main concern is with illness and well-being (family counseling, anger management, depression, alcohol abuse, etc. ) Has led to states passing laws requiring doctors to report suspected cases of child abuse starting in early 1960s. Attention to wife beating really started in mid-1979s. Made violence against women a political problem. By end of 1970s, almost all states had enacted laws to protect women from violence by creating support services, requirements that physicians report suspected cases, and tougher criminal procedures. (ex: crisis centers, battered women shelters, etc. )
