Women, Violence and Social Control

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Violence and Gender Stratification....Pages 1-12
Male Violence in Feminist Theory: an Analysis of the Changing Conceptions of Sex/Gender Violence and Male Dominance....Pages 13-29
Policing Male Violence — Policing Women....Pages 30-45
The Continuum of Sexual Violence....Pages 46-60
Sex and Violence in Academic Life or You Can Keep a Good Woman Down....Pages 61-74
Women, Leisure and Social Control....Pages 75-92
Flashing: Its Effect on Women....Pages 93-109
You Can’t Commit Violence Against an Object: Women, Psychiatry and Psychosurgery....Pages 110-121
Typical Violence, Normal Precaution: Men, Women and Interpersonal Violence in England, Wales, Scotland and the USA....Pages 122-134
Legalising Woman Abuse....Pages 135-151
‘Provoking Her Own Demise’: From Common Assault to Homicide....Pages 152-168
The Response of the British and American Women’s Movements to Violence Against Women....Pages 169-179
Masculinity and Violence....Pages 180-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-213