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This book investigates efforts by fathers’ rights groups to undermine battered women’s shelters and services, in the context of the backlash against feminism. Dragiewicz examines the lawsuit Booth v. Hvass, in which fathers’ rights groups attempted to use an Equal Protection claim to argue that funding emergency services that target battered women is discriminatory against men. As Dragiewicz shows, this case (which was eventually dismissed) is relevant to widespread efforts to promote a degendered understanding of violence against women in order to eradicate policies and programs that were designed to ameliorate harm to battered women.
Table of Contents
- Series Page
- p. ii
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- 1. Key Contexts
- pp. 8-25
- 2. Booth v. Hvass
- pp. 26-48
- 3. Popular Discourses
- pp. 49-60
- 4. Batterer Narratives
- pp. 61-80
- 5. Sex Differences
- pp. 81-102
- 6. Gender and Patriarchy
- pp. 103-117
- 7. Conclusion
- pp. 118-123
- References
- pp. 129-145
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555537562
MARC Record
OCLC
715191620
Pages
168
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
