Swan Suzanne C, Snow David L
University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2006 Nov;12(11):1026-45. doi: 10.1177/1077801206293330.
Reports have appeared in the popular press in recent years concluding that women are just as violent as men. These reports stem from acontextual survey studies comparing prevalence rates of women's and men's physical violence. The authors contend that the above conclusion is simplistic and misleading, and that a theoretical framework that embeds women's violence in the context in which it occurs is sorely needed. This article proposes a model that includes women's violence in the context of their victimization by male partners, motivations for violent behavior and how they cope with relationship problems, experiences of childhood trauma, and outcomes of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance use. The model is then examined within the context of gender, race, and class. The cultural context of domestic violence for African American and Latina women is reviewed. This literature reinforces the need to place women's violence in a broader sociocultural context.
近年来，大众媒体上出现了一些报道，得出女性与男性一样暴力的结论。这些报道源于一些缺乏背景信息的调查研究，这些研究比较了女性和男性身体暴力的发生率。作者认为上述结论过于简单且具有误导性，迫切需要一个将女性暴力置于其发生背景中的理论框架。本文提出了一个模型，该模型涵盖了女性在遭受男性伴侣侵害的背景下的暴力行为、暴力行为的动机以及她们如何应对关系问题、童年创伤经历，以及抑郁、焦虑、创伤后应激障碍和物质使用的后果。然后在性别、种族和阶级的背景下审视该模型。还回顾了非裔美国女性和拉丁裔女性家庭暴力的文化背景。这些文献强化了将女性暴力置于更广泛的社会文化背景中的必要性。
