The ability to control someone else's behavior, even against their will; The ability to exercise one's will
over another; When one person gets another person to do something they might not have otherwise
done - power
Personal power - over yourself... getting yourself to go to class, to do homework etc.
social Power - wield over other people; we need the world to operate... your boss, religious leaders
Conjugal power - martial/relationships; what kind of things you do; what kind of couple are we going to
be
Who gets to make the decisions
Division of labor
Partners' sense of empowermen
Marriages and relationships that are happiest/more satisfying/stable/greater intimacy are more -
egailtarian
No power relationships... - partners do not seek to exercise their power over each other... each partner
has the ability to mutually and reciprocally influence each other
All forms of abuse have - exploitation of a power difference at the center
he use of physical violence to gain or demonstrate power in a family relationship has occurred
throughout history, but only recently has - family violence been labeled a social problem
Early American values - women and children were property of husband or the man
Rule of Thumb
No child abuse laws until 1900's
, Situation Couple Violence - Usually involves pushing, slapping, shoving
- More prevalent among younger couples but m ost mature out of it
- Couple is very likely to break-up
Also called "arguments that get physical"
Intimate Partner Abuse - The physical or emotional abuse of spouses, cohabiting or noncohabiting
relationship partners, or former spouses or intimate partners
A pattern of behavior that seeks to establish power and control over another person through fear and
intimidation
Examples of physical abuse - Beating, kicking, pushing, hitting with objects, stabbing, strangling,
shooting, etc; serious injury
Who are most likely to be physically abused? - young, nonwhite, and less-educated, with lower
household incomes
Marital Rape - Sexual abuse is often combined with other physical violence (rape is about power, not
sex)
Did not exist under traditional law - wife is property
Forcing sex upon a wife is a crime in all states.
Martial Rape exemption - do not prosecute a
rape case if the spouses are living together, wife is mentally or physically impaired, unconscious or
asleep during the act.
How abuse escalates - start with name calling -> threats of violence ->destruction of things/property-
>violent act
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