@article{ref1,
title="Batterers as fathers: battered women's expectations and conflicts on fathering in the context of domestic violence",
journal="Family and culture",
year="2017",
author="",
volume="29",
number="3",
pages="36-76",
abstract="Given prevalent ideas of co-parenting that imply that children should be able to maintain contact with a non-resident parent, usually the father, this study aims to examine how battered women perceive fathering by men who batter. In-depth interviews were conducted with sixteen battered women who have at least one child under 18 years of age at the time of abuse. Analyzing data using narrative inquiry, this study found that women's expectations of fathering by men who batter are situated in the context of the ideology of the normal family that emphasizes the role of fathers as economic providers and masculine ideals within intact families. Yet the contradictory connection between a perpetrator of domestic violence and a caregiver for children created tensions, and these tensions became clearer as the negative influence of the batterers' fathering on children emerged. By separating the perception of fathers as caregivers from perpetrators, battered women respect children's opinions and feelings about their father and leave the possibility for batterers to be a good father. Implications and limitations of this study are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1229-5973",
doi="10.21478/family.29.3.201709.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.21478/family.29.3.201709.002"
}