2011/11/01 by Pilar Rodríguez Martínez · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Medicine · #Intimate Partner and Family Violence #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Sex work and related issues #Hegemony #Gender studies #Feminism #Domestic violence #Commit #Sociology #Power (physics) #Patriarchy #Criminology #Poison control #Suicide prevention #Political science #Law #Politics #Medicine
paper · doi:10.1177/0921374011430566
openalex publication_date 2011/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This article, focused on violence against women, is a response to hegemonic feminists of the Second Wave in the USA (1970–85). Initially, this violence was explained by the biological difference between men and women, a difference ultimately used as a basis for the origin of the patriarchal system. And the use of violence against women came to be associated with the social and sexual control of women by men in patriarchal societies. As a result, hegemonic feminists of the Second Wave assert the following about domestic violence: 1) it is associated with biological differences between men and women, a difference which is fundamental to patriarchal systems; 2) it is unilateral, that is, only men commit acts of violence against women, and it affects all women irrespective of age, social class, education, or national origin; and 3) it is an expression of power that men hold over women in patriarchal societies. Here I will focus specifically on the cases of rape and domestic violence to show how these general theories have been applied in practice.