SOCIOL 2C06 Chapter Notes -Acculturation, Heterosexuality, Naturism
14 Apr 2014
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Role modification involves adaptation by both partners: battered women rationalize the violence from their partners, can go from 4 years to 42 years in an abusive relationship, use techniques of neutralization, appeal to the salvation ethic, denial of the victimizer, denial of injury, denial of victimization, denial of options, appeal to higher loyalties, appeal to salvation, service to others, think they can change the person, denial of victimizer, blaming on external forces, and don"t try and fix the other person, denial of injury, do not acknowledge it, can convince themselves that it never happened, denial of victimization, blaming themselves, think they brought on the attack and deserved it, denial of options, practical and emotional options, think they cant do it on their own without their spouse, think nobody else can provide them with emotional satisfaction, appeal to higher loyalties, religious or traditional, feel can"t leave their nuclear families.
