Gender a výzkum / Gender and Research 2006, 7 (2): 46-50

Domestic Violence: Experiences of Women Who Left Their Violent Partners

Jaroslava Marhánková

Domestic violence is a problem that needs to be perceived in the context of structural inequalities, which are closely related to the gender roles and expectations. This paper is based on research that was done in two shelters for women in need where nine women were interviewed. This paper is focusing on two problems. First of them is the form of the violence. Interviews showed that domestic violence was in these cases instrumental towards building a relationship of dominance. The violent partners referred to traditional division of gender roles as a means how to reinforce their domination even in situations when they themselves were no able to fulfill their own traditional role as a breadwinner. The second aim of this paper is to point out on the problems that women have to face up to in the shelters. In spite of the fact that all the arrangements, which were perceived by the clients as too restrictive and stressful, were motivated by the effort to protect them, the paternalistic approach that the shelters practice in reality impedes the women to make independent.

Keywords: Domestic violence, Masculinity, Shelters for battered women

Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation

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Marhánková, Jaroslava. 2006. "Domestic Violence: Experiences of Women Who Left Their Violent Partners." Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research 7(2):46-50.
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