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Case Reports
. 1996 Sep;2(3):302-21.
doi: 10.1177/1077801296002003005.

A case of woman abuse: gender ideologies, power paradoxes, and unresolved conflict

K H Rosen, K Bird
Case Reports

A case of woman abuse: gender ideologies, power paradoxes, and unresolved conflict

K H Rosen et al. Violence Against Women. 1996 Sep.

Abstract

PIP: This paper describes some of the complex individual and relationship processes that occurred in an intimate relationship where love and violence coexisted. It presents a longitudinal, qualitative study of a premarital relationship in which the man had been repeatedly violent towards his female partner. It describes how gender role ideologies, the distribution of power between partners, and unresolved conflict are related to each other and to the emergence of violence and maintenance of couple bonds. A grounded theory approach was used to collect and analyze data for this single case and qualitative study in which both partners were interviewed several times each over the course of 1.5 years. Overall, it was found that intimate relationships that become contexts for expressions of love and violence are indeed complex, and the flexibility to consider the complexities that are involved provide a context for developing creative solutions.

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