Constructing the Battered Woman.

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  • Author(s): VanNatta, Michelle
  • Source:
    Feminist Studies. Summer2005, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p416-443. 28p.
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    • Abstract:
      Considers the relationship between sexual identity and place by examining how the battered woman identity regulates access to domestic violence shelters in the U.S. Definitions of battering and battered women; Discussion on the problem of domestic lesbian violence; Description of the screening process used by domestic violence shelters; Problems for lesbians and bisexual women in predominantly heterosexual domestic violence programs.