R.P. BenDedek
On January 19, 2008 I commenced a Four Part series of Articles on Emotional Abuse. (Part 1 Emotional_Abuse) I originally published the whole article at Kingscalendar (which currently is inaccessible). That the issue of emotional abuse is something many people are interested in was obvious by how frequently the article was being accessed.
Just recently I received a brief and cryptic email from Professor Eugen Lupri, which stated:
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I thought the attached articles below would be of interest to you. Sincerely, Eugen Lupri, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor of Sociology University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Professor Lupri then provided me with two links to articles on the issue of Intimate Male Abuse.
They are certainly worth reading, and I will provide some excerpts here in the hope that they will inspire you to go to the original articles.
R.P.BenDedek.
http://www.fact.on.ca/Info/dom/lupri98.htm
Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 89, No. 1, p. 43-47 (Jan-Feb, 1998)
Couple Violence and Psychological Distress
Elaine Grandin, PhDa, Eugen Lupri, PhDb, Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, PhDb
From the Department of Sociology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
a Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology and Sessional Instructor.
b Professor of Sociology.
http://www.fact.on.ca/Info/dom/lupri98.htm
Abstract
Except for anecdotal data, empirical research on the psychological well-being of abused men is scarce. This paper compares the mental health of non-victims with victims of physical and psychological violence among 562 Calgary couples.
http://www.fact.on.ca/Info/dom/lupri05.htm
Institutional Resistance to Acknowledging Intimate Male Abuse
(Revised paper presented at the
Counter-Roundtable Conference on Domestic Violence,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 7, 2004.)
Eugen Lupri, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
The University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
Institutional Resistance and the Role of Feminism
A basic tenet of feminist theory is its view of intimate violence as a manifestation of our culture's "patriarchal" structure, with its attendant differential status, power, and control, which are reflected in individuals' attitudes and behaviours. Dobash et al. (1998, 1992) propose that gender asymmetry in partner violence reflects a context of gender inequality both within the household and in the larger society. Their research program conceptualizes men as perpetrators and women as victims, but it fails to provide comparative findings on woman-to-man verbal and physical abuse to validate these gendered patterns.
Institutional Resistance: The Case of Statistics Canada
As specifically designed by feminists and meticulously conducted by Statistics Canada, the 1993 Violence Against Women Survey is a single-gender national survey of female respondents, who were asked about acts of violence perpetrated against them by their intimate male partners. Although painstakingly planned and executed, this large victimization survey neglected to ask women whether they themselves had ever perpetrated any physical or psychological violence against their male partners.
Six Years Later: Statistics Canada's 1999 General Social Survey
It was not until 1999 that Statistics Canada's General Social Survey (GSS) made its first attempt to measure spousal violence through detailed questions on a traditional victimization survey, including both man-to-woman and woman-to-man abuse (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 2000). Statscan and its collaborators must have finally realized that violence in any form, by either gender, is morally and legally wrong.
Published with permission of Eugen Lupri, Ph.D.Emeritus Professor of Sociology University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
R.P.BenDedek
Email rpbendedek@hotmail.com
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