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Blurb: “IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN EVERY SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLASS, AN ALARMING NUMBER OF WOMEN ARE BEATEN BY THEIR MATES
The beatings are often frequent, savage, and for prolonged periods of time. Yet these women are virtually powerless to act in their own defense.
Del Martin, author, lecturer, and women's rights activist, examines the forces that conspire to keep women victimized-among them, the institution of marriage, historical attitudes towards women, the economy, inadequacies in legal and social service systems.
In BATTERED WIVES, guidance for the victims of this unpunished crime is specific and far-reaching, with special sections on: Survival Tactics • Remedial Legislation, including Marriage Contract Laws • Financial Aid • Refuges in the United States and Abroad
"An excellent book on an extremely important and neglected topic."
-Diane E.H. Russell, Coordinator of the U.S. Delegation to the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women”