The authors explore potential causes of mens violence against women and the importance of identifying mens risk factors in order to prevent future violence, utilizing diverse theoretical perspectives.
This collection explores the intersection and integration of feminist theory as applied to four areas: organizational communication, health communication, family communication and instructional communication. The readings link theoretical contributions to pragmatic ways of improving the lives of women and men in a variety of professional and personal situations.
Included topics are: child abuse, incest, violence in heterosexual dating relationships, violence in gay and lesbian relationships, acquaintance rape, wife abuse and wife rape, elder abuse.