Women, Violence Against

Mimi Ajzenstadt

doi:10.1016/B978-012373985-8.00202-6

Women, Violence Against

Mimi Ajzenstadt^*

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Violence against women takes numerous patterns and expressions, but they all share common modes of female victimization, making this behavior a distinct phenomenon. It includes damaging physical violence directed toward women as well as psychological abuse and nonviolent forms of sexual coercion in which women are assailed by a combination of cultural factors. Attempts to measure the prevalence of various forms of violence against women face methodological difficulties as this behavior is a "hidden violence" which is not reflected in official crime statistics. During the years, changes were introduced to rape laws and legal procedures relating to domestic violence and sexual harassment at work as well as to changes in police practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	2468-2481
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9780123739858
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373985-8.00202-6
State	Published - 2008

Keywords

Dowry murder
Experiences of battered women
Genital mutilation
Harassment at work
Hidden violence
Medicalization of Violence against Women
Perpetuation of male violence
Rape crisis centers
Rape laws reform
The battered woman syndrome
Wife abuse
Women empowerment

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