Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2009 Dec;15(12):1432-43. doi: 10.1177/1077801209346836. Epub 2009 Oct 9.
In Coercive Control, Evan Stark calls on battered women's activists to reorient their understanding of abusive relationships. Rather than being primarily about physical violence, he maintains, domestic violence is better conceptualized as men's attempts to destroy women's autonomy and reinstate patriarchy in intimate relationships. His analysis suggests important changes to defending battered women in court, modifications to the kinds of support services the movement provides for battered women, and changes in the laws and law enforcement regarding battering. Stark also maintains that, to end coercive control, the battered women's movement must renew its commitment not only to ensuring the safety of individual women but also to attaining the feminist goal of substantive freedom and equality for women in both public and private life. I contend that Stark's reframing of woman abuse is useful for battered women's advocates and may, in some cases but not in others, lead to more effective practices in battered women's programs. At the same time, it is likely to complicate activists' efforts to mobilize public opinion, resources, and public policy to address the problem of woman abuse.
在《强制性控制》一书中，埃文·斯塔克呼吁受虐妇女活动家重新调整他们对虐待关系的理解。他认为，家庭暴力与其说是关于身体暴力，不如说是男性试图破坏女性的自主权，并在亲密关系中恢复父权制。他的分析表明，在法庭上为受虐妇女辩护、为受虐妇女运动提供的支持服务的种类、以及关于殴打行为的法律和执法方面都需要进行重要的改变。斯塔克还认为，为了结束强制性控制，受虐妇女运动必须不仅重新承诺确保个别妇女的安全，而且还要实现妇女在公共和私人生活中获得实质性自由和平等的女权主义目标。我认为，斯塔克对女性虐待的重新定义对受虐妇女的倡导者是有用的，并且在某些情况下可能会导致受虐妇女项目中的实践更加有效。但与此同时，这可能会使活动家们更难以调动公众舆论、资源和公共政策来解决女性受虐问题。
