Steinmetz on the Battered Husband Syndrome
Suzanne Steinmetz’s scholarly article, “The Battered Husband Syndrome,” generated Intense and bitter controversy among experts on domestic violence.
Suzanne Steinmetz’s scholarly article, “The Battered Husband Syndrome,” generated Intense and bitter controversy among experts on domestic violence.
Leading newspaper advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby gradually came to recognize that domestic violence against men is a serious social problem.
Public attention to domestic violence against men generated not compassion for those victims, but indifference, ridicule, and hostility
Not discriminating by gender in screening for domestic violence would contribute to equal protection for ]male victims of domestic violence.
Amid strongly sex-biased public discourse, U.S. Supreme Court justices have unjustly but prudently emphasized domestic violence against women.
The historiography of Mary Lincoln’s violence against her husband Abraham Lincoln parallels public discourse about domestic violence against men.
Gender stereotyping and sensationalism in addressing domestic violence underscore its orientation: to encourage the arrest of men.
For measuring intimate partner and domestic violence, NEISS has a larger, more objective, more directly measured sample of serious injuries than does NCVS.
Sex bias in reporting victimization underscores lack of public concern for men’s injuries and orients the criminal justice system toward unequal justice.
Some scholars heavily invested in domestic violence research seek power and control over domestic violence terms and knowledge.