Citation

Turteltaub J. Partner Abuse 2010; 1(4): 463-474.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/1946&U8211;6560.1.4.463

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

History and overview of Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE), a nonprofit developed in the 1990s initially to help males and other underserved victims of domestic violence. The article describes the original founder's experience as a nonabusive male in a marriage with a violent female spouse and his recognition that his marriage did not fit ideological feminist theories or the Duluth model treatment approach to domestic violence, both of which emphasize male culpability for violence in intimate relationships. The article discusses the creation of a Web site and then the formation of the nonprofit. Four founders of SAFE are interviewed, and SAFE's brochure program, speakers bureau, and state chapters are discussed. SAFE's contribution to the national debate about the role of gender in domestic violence, involvement in the revision of the Violence Against Women Act, and efforts to develop a more nuanced, dynamic model of domestic violence in the context of various gender/sexual orientation configurations are reviewed.