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Die feministische Verzerrung von Gesetzen und
Theorien
Eine gekürzte Fassung des Artikels von Linda Kelly ist im Band von H. Kury in deutscher Sprache zu lesen.
Kelly, L. (2005): Die feministische Verzerrung von Gesetzen und Theorien zur häuslichen Gewalt in Amerika. In: Kury, H. & Obergfell-Fuchs, J. (Hrsg.): Gewalt in der Familie. - Für und Wider den Platzverweis. Lambertus, S. 73-86.
Das Orginal:
Law Review - Summer 2003
Disabusing the Definition of Domestic Abuse. -
"Through an open discussion of domestic abuse, Part I of this Article endeavors to expose the fact that domestic violence is committed by women. In so doing, I introduce to legal literature the first extensive account of the Family Violence Surveys and various other studies completed over the last twenty-five years which have repeatedly found that men and women commit violence at similar rates. After exploring the tendency to deny, defend or minimize the violence of women in Part II and then arguing that female violence must be addressed, I assert in Part III that today’s refusal to react is a product of the feminist control over the issue of domestic violence. Female violence presents both a threat to feminist theory as well as to the practice of domestic violence law. Notwithstanding such concerns, today’s myopic understanding of domestic violence has serious implications. Limiting this examination to the criminal justice system, Part IV considers how the feminist definition of domestic violence has skewed arrest and prosecution philosophies, resulting primarily in having only male batterers criminally pursued. The Part also reviews how rehabilitative programs are geared toward treating domestic violence as the byproduct of a patriarchal society, thereby only producing programs which address male violence. Similarly, the services for domestic violence victims, in particular, the availability of shelters, have also been shaped by the feminist definition of domestic violence. In conclusion, Part V calls for challenging the existing gendered definition of domestic violence and thereby demands changing our norms and institutions so that we may honestly work toward addressing and eliminating domestic violence".
Kelly, Linda (2003): Disabusing the Definition of Domestic Abuse. - How Women Batter Men and the Role of the Feminist State. Florida State University, Law Review.
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