Social and economic resources and physical abuse against women by their husbands

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This study was undertaken with the objective of analysis of domestic violence against women by their husbands in terms of resource theory and its concepts. Domestic violence against women is a widespread social problem that can be observed in all societies. Studies on domestic violence in the past ten years were an important mechanism for bringing many women’s experiences of discrimination and vulnerability to public attention. According to resource theory, major sets of resources like economic variables, prestige, force, and kinship are significant factors to explain domestic violence against women. These resources are indicators of power and the lack of ability of men to reach these resources or women’s ability to get these resources can affect power relations in the family and cause conflict.

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General Sociology.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/16459

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N. Hacıoğlu, “Social and economic resources and physical abuse against women by their husbands,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.