Citation

Wood GG, Roche SE. Affilia 2001; 16(1): 66-79.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/08861090122094145

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article describes a principle to guide direct practice with survivors of male violence—undermining oppressive beliefs. This principle politicizes what has been explained at the interpersonal level as one man's violence toward one woman and the woman's psychological struggle in its wake. It also explains the cultural-political infrastructure ofmale violence and makes visible the basic injustice that is often invisible because it is woven into the fabric of Western culture. The principle rests on social constructionist ideas and calls four narrative practice processes into action.