| Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life Contributor(s): Stark, Evan (Author), Sarris, William (Read by) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798200235773 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Women's Studies - Family & Relationships | Abuse - General |
| Dewey: 362.829 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how domestic violence is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from beeper games to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work. Stark urges us to move beyond the injury model and focus on the real victimization that allows men to violate women's human rights with impunity. Provocative and brilliantly argued, Coercive Control reframes abuse as a liberty crime rather than a crime of assault and points the way to bringing real equality for women in line with their formal rights to personhood and citizenship, freedom, and safety. |