Why do we fail to ask "why" about gender and intimate partner violence?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-318

  Anderson, Kristin L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Feminist theory; Gender; Intimate partner marital abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875237013     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12001     Document Type: Article

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