- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (April 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140221719
- ISBN-13: 978-0140221718
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 493,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Erin Pizzey writes about her work in setting up the first Women's Refuge for battered women in Chiswich in 1971. She does a very good job of quoting in full the letters written to her by battered women so that their experiences are made known to the wider public rather than being sanitised through reportage. She places domestic violence in its social context, saying that in times gone by the extended family dealt with it, whereas now, with the nuclear family being more isolated and police and social services being unsure about how to react, the problems are exacerbated to a shocking degree and children of violent marriages are not being weaned away from violence. The effect on women ranges from drug dependency to conceiving more children should their existing children be taken in to care to protect them from further harm. Girls are likely to become sexually promiscuous, especially if they are the victims of incest, and boys are likely to become violent even from the age of three, and to grow up to be batterers themselves. Indeed, what is so harrowing is that violent boys are the ones who are most able to survive. One single letter from a formerly violent man is quoted: it is a rare example of remorse and is accompanied by a small monetary gift to the Women's Refuge. Erin Pizzey is very critical of the various organisations that deal with domestic violence, such as social services, which tend to be in her view too middle-class and focussed on cleanliness of violent families at the expense of understanding that the father's behaviour precludes normal living standards, and the police who in her experience frequently collude with domestic violence perpetrated by men. Therefore, she says, it has always been important for the Women's Refuge to employ men as playgroup leaders so that children learn to trust men and realise that violence is not normal behaviour. Twenty-five years down the line, Pizzey's commendation of men's role in caring for children has not been heeded as heterosexual men have come to be painted as the source of all evil and oppression in the world. But that is the subject of Pizzey's more recent journalistic work. In conclusion, this book is very informative as it provides commentary upon real-life stories of terrible abuse plus practical observations on improvement to existing strategies for dealing with DV. Pizzey's other book on this subject 'Prone to Violence' is also worth reading. It is out of print but can be read on the internet.
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Harrowing but honestly written. A must read to those who now work in any related field to show that sometimes health and safety is not the main issue, neither is political correctness....sometimes, things just need to be done.
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