Terrifying love why battered women kill

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My sociology professor Mitra Das taught the most interesting and challenging classes. The type of topics we discussed forced you to truly explore your notions about different races, ethnic groups and socio-economic groups.

Those same topics helped us learn how we are all the same. Terrifying Love explores battered women and how they end up where they are. I believe any woman can benefit from reading this book because abuse can and does start out slowly and is designed to break down a woman's tru My sociology professor Mitra Das taught the most interesting and challenging classes.

I believe any woman can benefit from reading this book because abuse can and does start out slowly and is designed to break down a woman's trust in her own instincts. With today's propensity for rushing into casual relationships I think "abuse" has taken on a new form of anything that breaks down a woman's self esteem. And I am ranting now It's powerful. Apr 15, Kim Schellin-Rog rated it it was ok. Very repetitive of her first book the battered women.

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Save to Library Save. Create Alert Alert. Share This Paper. Background Citations. Results Citations. Citation Type. Has PDF. Publication Type. More Filters. Women who kill friends, acquaintances or strangers: a feminist exploratory study.

This study is an analysis of court transcripts of 14 murder cases concerning 18 women who were charged with either murder or manslaughter of a friend, acquaintance or stranger in Victoria, Australia, … Expand. Highly Influenced. View 4 excerpts, cites background.

A general strain theory of intimate partner homicide. Men and women who kill an intimate partner experience qualitatively different situations and emotions in the months and weeks preceding the homicide event.

Theoretical explanations of intimate … Expand. View 8 excerpts, cites background and results. Shame on who? This feminist project explores the experiential accounts of twenty-five women who have lived through abuse within their intimate relationships.