TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Social Science Perspectives on Wife Abuse: Current Debates and Future Directions
JO  - Gender and society
A1  - Kurz, Demie
SP  - 489
EP  - 505
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - Two major social science perspectives on wife abuse have emerged in the last decade. One is a family violence perspective; the other is a feminist perspective. The purpose of this article is to compare the basic premises, methodology, and conclusions of these two perspectives with respect to their views of women and gender. The perspectives differ in the priority that they assign to gender as a factor in the abuse of women by husbands and male intimates, and these differences have implications for research and policy on wife abuse. I argue that the feminist perspective portrays the realities of battering more accurately, and I conclude with directions for future research.<p /> 
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SN  - 0891-2432
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/089124389003004007
ID  - ref1
ER  -