Backlash or equality?: The influence of men's and women's rights discourses on domestic violence legislation in Ontario

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-23

  Girard, April L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Men's rights backlash; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPOUSE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; ONTARIO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 57349110636     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208328344     Document Type: Article

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