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INTRODUCTION TO THEORETIAL CAUSAL MODEL FOR SPOUSE ABUSE

INTRODUCTION TO THEORETIAL CAUSAL MODEL FOR SPOUSE ABUSE. Consideration Of The Dimensions Of Spouse Abuse in U.S. Society Theories of Causes of Spouse Abuse Major Factors To Be Considered Model of These Factors & How They Interact. SPOUSE ABUSE CAUSAL MODEL. II INDIVIDUAL VICTIMIZER.

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INTRODUCTION TO THEORETIAL CAUSAL MODEL FOR SPOUSE ABUSE

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  1. INTRODUCTION TO THEORETIAL CAUSAL MODEL FOR SPOUSE ABUSE • Consideration Of The Dimensions Of Spouse Abuse in U.S. Society • Theories of Causes of Spouse Abuse • Major Factors To Be Considered • Model of These Factors & How They Interact

  2. SPOUSE ABUSE CAUSAL MODEL II INDIVIDUAL VICTIMIZER IV INTERACTION FACTORS I CULTURAL PATTERNS V SOCIETAL RESPONSE III INDIVIDUAL VICTIM

  3. FACTORS IN MODEL • Cultural Factors: Nature of Culture – Affects Offender, Victim, Actions, Societal Response • Male’s Characteristics Abusive Behavior • Female’s Characteristics  Acceptance • Nature of the Interaction Between 2 People • Response of Society: How Families, Community, Social Agencies React to Abuse All Factors Interact With & Affect Each Other

  4. FIRST ISSUE TO CONSIDER • ISSUE I: CULTURAL PATTERNS • The Nature of the Culture of the Society As a Whole • What Are Its Views About Men? … Women? • How Does It Teach People to Act? • What Rules for Behavior Does It Give People? • Religion Is a Major Influence in Western Society – What Is Its Impact in This Area?

  5. CHARACTERISTICS OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN SOCIETY WHICH ARE ANTAGONISTIC TO WOMEN &PROMOTE WIFE ABUSE • Dr. Mary C. Sengstock • For SOC 5870 – “Violence in the Family”

  6. Purpose of Presentation • Describe Historic Approach to Women in Judeo-Christian Tradition • Follow This Approach into the 21st Century • Analyze the Impact on Society Today: • Both Religious – And Secular • Major Source: Terry Davidson, Conjugal Crime • Her History of Family Violence

  7. EARLY HEBREW TRADITION • Nature of God: • God As a Patriarchal Figure: • God the FATHER • Comparison to Other Religious Traditions of Same Historical Era: • The “DIVINE” Often Seen As Mother Figure • Other Middle Eastern Societies & Elsewhere

  8. Biblical Stories As Compared With Other Societies • Creation Story: • Male God Is Creator • MAN Was Created by God in His Likeness • Woman Was Made From Man & For Man

  9. Alternate Traditions: “People” Were Created; Mother Figure • Mission Indians (CA): “Tamaiawot” (Mother of All Peoples) Gave Birth to All People/Things • Early Greeks: “Eurynome” (Goddess of All Things) • Mated With North Wind (Serpent “Orphion”) • On Mt. Olympus, Orphion Brags About Fathering All • Eurynome Banishes Him for This (MOTHER is Key!) • Sumeria (Hebrew Neighbors – Babylonian Captivity) • “In Beginning, Goddess Tiamat Brought Forth All Things”

  10. Summary of 2 Views • Most Early Creation Myths (Stories) • Based on MOTHER God • Spoke of Creation of “All People,” “All Things” • Hebrew Bible  Judeo-Christian Tradition • Based on FATHER God • Spoke of Creation of MEN • Women/Other Things Subordinate

  11. Alternate View in Hebrew Bible • Other Section of Hebrew Bible • No Mention of Hierarchy of Sexes • “Male & Female He Created Them” • (Gen 1:27-28) • Which View Is Usually Quoted?

  12. Consequences for Society Today • Most Often Quoted: Male 1st Story • Emphasized By Most Religions • Particularly the Most Conservative • Also Those Who Believe in Literal Truth of Bible • Which Story Is Perpetuated in Society? • Which Story Has Impact? • Why Quote in a SECULAR Society? • PART OF OUR CULTURE – NOT JUST RELIGIOUS!

  13. Fall of Humanity Story • Q: Why Is There So Much Misery in Society? • Hebrew Answer: Fall of Man • Cause of Fall of Man: WOMEN! • Woman Was Fooled by Serpent/Devil • Tempted Man into Going Against God • Man’s Fall – Result of Women’s Actions • Has Lead to MUCH Discrimination Re Women • “Can’t Let THEM Do That to US Again!” • Most Societies Just Say: “Misery Is Part of Life.”

  14. Hebrew Treatment of Women • Status: Chattel, Property • Role: Men Had Religious Roles, NOT Women • Daily Prayers: • Man: “God I Thank Thee for Not Making Me a Woman!” • Woman: “God I Thank Thee for Making Me What I Am.” • Women As “Unclean”: • Ritual Bath After Menses, Childbirth • Not Educated – True into 20th Century

  15. Hebrew Treatment of Women (ctd) • Women Always Considered Children: • Never Able to Pray As Adult Jew • Not Counted In “Minyan” • Punishments More Severe Than for Men: • Woman Defending Husband – Touches Man’s Privates – Cut Off Her Hand – “Do Not Pity Her” (Deut 25:11-12) • Wife Who Can’t Prove Virginity – Stone Her – “Put Evil Away from Among You” (Deut 22:13-21)

  16. Women As Medium for Man’s Pleasure • Levite’s Stranger/Guest (Judges: 19-20): • City Demanded Him – For What? • “Do Not So Wickedly” • Substitute “Maiden Daughter” & Concubine • Took Concubine, Raped & Left on Doorstep • Husband Divided Body: • 12 Parts for 12 Tribes • Demand for Revenge for Property Damage

  17. Alternate Views of Women in Bible • More Positive Views of Hebrew Women: • Judith, Naomi, Ruth, Esther • “Valiant Woman” NOT Shy, Retiring! (Prov 31: 10-31) • Widow “Anna” – Served in Temple • Not Publicized By Today’s Religious Ministers • Why Quote in a SECULAR Society? • PART OF OUR CULTURE – NOT JUST RELIGIOUS!

  18. Summary of Judeo-ChristianTradition WOMEN ARE: Inferior to Men – Evil – Childlike • These Beliefs Are: • Rooted in Religious Doctrine • Considered to Be Ordained by God • Impact on Little Boys/Girls in Sunday School? • Impact on Adult Men/Women Today? • Only True in Religious Groups?

  19. Early Christian Tradition:Jesus the Founder • NOT Misogynist in Misogynist Culture! • Violated MANY Hebrew Traditions Re Women • Miracles for Women: • Miracle at Cana for Mother (John 3:3-5) • Raised Lazarus for Martha, Mary (John 11:1-44) • Woman Cured of “Unclean Spirit” – Touched Him (Menstrual Dysfunction?) (Luke 13:11-13) • (See Also: Mark 6; Mark 7; Luke 7; Luke 9) • Note Importance of Luke – Got Data from Jesus’ Mother

  20. Early Christian Tradition:Jesus the Founder (ctd) • Jesus Used Women As Good Examples: • Widow’s Mite (vs. Pharisees) (Mark 12; Luke 21) • Woman Who Washed His Feet with Her Hair (Touched Him!) (vs. Impolite Host) (Luke 7; Matt 26) • Often Interacted with Women: • Martha, Mary; Samaritan Woman at Well; Protected Woman Taken in Adultery • Protect Woman’s Right to Message (Luke 10) • 1st Appearance After Resurrection Mary of Magdala(John 20) – Best Proof of Resurrection?

  21. IRRELEVANCE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS FOR IMPACT • YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A BELIEVER IN CHRISTIANITY – OR JUDISM FOR THESE IDEAS TO IMPACT ON YOU! • YOU DO NOT EVEN NEED TO BELIEVE IN GOD! • THESE IDEAS HAVE STILL HAD AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON WESTERN & AMERICAN CULTURE!

  22. Early Apostles: Peter & Paul • Paul Continued Many Aspects of Patriarchy • “Man is Not of the Women but Women of the Man.” (1 Cor 11:8,9) • “Wives Submit to Your Husbands as to Lord” (Ephes 5) • “Adam Not Deceived – Eve Was” (I Tim 2) • “Better to Marry Than to Burn.” (1Cor 7:9) • Peter: “Wives Be Subject to Husbands.” (1 Peter 3:1)

  23. Less Known – Less Quoted • Peter: “Husbands, Be Good to Your Wives”(I Peter 3:7) • Paul: “Husband & Wife Have Power Over Each Others’ Bodies” (Ephes 6: 28-33; also I Cor 7:4;) • Paul: “Husbands, Love Wives as Christ Loved Church & Gave Self Up for It.” (Ephes 6) • Modern Religious Ministers ALWAYS Quote 1st Part – RARELY Quote 2nd Part!

  24. Continuation By Early Church Leaders • Augustine (354-430): • Great Sinner; Converted Late • “Man Created in Image of God, Not Woman” • Constantine • 1st Christian Roman Emperor • Became Emperor Through Marriage to Fausta (Daughter of Maximian) • Presided over Council of Nicea (325) • Fate of Fausta at Hands of Constantine

  25. Continuation in Medieval Times • Abbe de Brantome Deplored: • Christian Lords’ Murder of Wives vs. Pagans • Common Use of “Chastity Belts” • Archbishop of Mainz (1500s): • “Stinking, Putrid,Private Parts of Woman.” • Gratian – Coded Church Law in “Decretum”: • Women Must Be Subject to Men – Eve Beguiled, Not Adam; Cannot Allow This Again • Quoted in Text in British Museum As Defense of Men’s Right to “Chastise Wives”

  26. Protestant Reformation Martin Luther (1517): • Generally More Positive Toward Women Than Other Clerics • Criticized Archbishop of Mainz’ Remarks • Wrote to a Friend: • “When Kate [Wife] Gets Saucy, She Gets Nothing But a Box on the Ear.”

  27. Early Modern Tradition: France • Old Aristocracy: • Gave Women Considerable Freedom: • Separate Property Rights • Influence in Society • French Revolution Broadened These Rights • This Changed With Napoleon

  28. France – Napoleon • “Strong Family Tradition” (e.g., Men in Charge”) • “Women, Like Walnut Trees … Beaten Everyday” • To Council of State: “Husband Must Possess Absolute Power Over Wife’s Actions … The Children You Bear Must Be Mine.” • Only 3 Grounds for Divorce: Murder, Adultery, Impotence • Wife-Beating NOT Grounds – Unless Attempted Murder or Husband Wanted Divorce!

  29. France – Napoleon (ctd) • Adulterous Woman Should Be Punished By Criminal Law (Unless Punished By Divorce) • Only Equity Between Husband & Wife: When Husband Committed a Crime – She Should Join Him in Prison – Because Probably to Blame for It! • Influenced Laws of France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bolivia, Japan … & Louisiana!

  30. Early Modern Traditions: England • 1874 Report, Abuse of Women, Children Ignored • John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): • Essay on “Subjection of Women”: Nearly All Women in State of Bondage to a Man • Vilest Malefactor Has Some Poor Woman Over Whom He Has Total Power – Can Do Almost Anything to Her With Impunity • Petition to Parliament re Women’s Rights – No Impact

  31. Early Modern Traditions: England (ctd) • Frances Power Cobb (Upper Class): • “Wife Torture in England” (Contemp Rev, 1878) • London: Severe Thrashing With Fists • Liverpool: “Kicking District” – “Purrings” With Hob-Nailed Boots • Compared to “Negroes” in U.S.A. Slavery Days

  32. U.S.A. FOUNDERS • Declaration of Independence • Abigail Adams to John: “Remember the Ladies!” • John Adams: “We Know Better Than to Repeal Our Masculine Systems!” • U.S. Constitution • Citizenship Not Awarded to Slaves or Women • British Common Law – Base for Most U.S. Law

  33. Early Modern – Reactions • Blackstone: Defense of Wife Beating Law: • Man Is Responsible for Wife’s Behavior – He Should Have Power of Chastisement Over Her As Over a Child • “Compassionate” Introduction of “Rule of Thumb” • These Are SECULAR LAWS – NOT RELIGIOUS!

  34. Wife Abuse In Most State Courts • North Carolina (1874): • Rule of Thumb Does Not Apply – Cannot Chastise • Better to Shut Out Public Gaze – Forget & Forgive • Pennsylvania (1886): Spouse Abuse Law Failed • Alabama, Massachusetts (1871) • “Privilege to Beat w Stick, Pull Hair, Choke, Spit in Face, Kick on Floor .. Like Indignities No Longer Acknowledged By Our Law. (They Obviously Had Seen Such Things to Mention it! – Little Done)

  35. Early U.S.A. – Summary • 1800s-Early 1900s: Numerous Attempts to Prevent Spouse Abuse – All Failed • Greater Proof Required than Normal A&B • Either Permanent Injury or “Malicious Spirit” Often Required (Stanford Law Rev, 1954) • 1971 Hastings Law Journal: Harm Required > Simple Assault, < Aggravated Assault • Provocation By Wife Often Allowed As Defense

  36. Women’s Inequality: Women’s Suffrage Early 20th Century: Enormous Opposition to Women Getting the Vote Demonstrations Vehemently – Even Violently Repressed [Photos from records of National Women’s Party, Library of Congress: American Memory Women of Protest]

  37. Forgotten Women Who Fought for the Vote Women Not Granted Right To Vote Until 1920

  38. Suffragists Dared to Picket White House 33 Convicted: “Obstructing Sidewalk Traffic” 40 Guards With Clubs Beat Them Almost to Death Warden Encouraged It

  39. “Night of Terror” – Nov. 15, 1917 White House Pickets Were Sent to … Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia Warden Ordered Guards to “Teach Lesson” Water from Open Pail Food Was Worm Infested Affidavits: Guards Grabbed, Dragged, Beat, Choked, Slammed, Pinched, Twisted, Kicked Women

  40. Lucy Burns Beaten Hands Chained to Cell Bars Over Head Left Hanging Overnight Bleeding, Gasping for Air

  41. Dora Lewis Thrown Into Dark Cell Head Smashed Against Iron Bed Knocked Unconscious Cell Mate, Alice Cosu, Thought She Was Dead Suffered Heart Attack.

  42. Alice Paul – Leader Embarked on Hunger Strike Tied to Chair Tube Forced Down Throat Liquid Poured Until Vomited Tortured For Weeks Until Word Smuggled to Press

  43. Mrs. Pauline Adams In Prison Garb Served 60 Day Sentence

  44. Berthe Arnold CSU graduate Miss Edith Ainge, Jamestown, NY

  45. Helena Hill Weed, Norwalk, CN 3 Day Sentence, D.C. Prison Carried Banner: “Governments Derive Their Just Powers From Consent of Governed.”

  46. Conferring Over Ratification: 19th Amendment Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Mrs. Abby Scott Baker Anita Pollitzer Alice Paul Florence Boeckel Mabel Vernon National Woman's Party headquarters, Jackson Place, Washington, D.C.

  47. Political Influence & Psychiatry President Woodrow Wilson: Tried to Persuade Psychiatrist to Declare Alice Paul Insane Have Her Permanently Institutionalized Psychiatrist Refused – He Said: Alice Paul Was Strong & Brave. Didn't make her crazy. “Courage in Women Often Mistaken for Insanity.”

  48. Value of Women’s Vote Today? • Some Women Don't Vote • Carpool duties? Get to Work? • Vote Doesn't Matter? It's Raining? • What Would They Say? • Dora Lewis, Lucy Burns, Alice Paul? • What Would Our Grandmothers Say?

  49. Acknowledgements Photos from records of National Women’s Party, Library of Congress: American Memory Women of Protest See also: snopes: http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/womenvote.asp

  50. Other Dimensions of Wife InequalityIn 20th/ 21st Century • Titles for Women: Based on Relation to Men • Father’s Name as Child; Husband’s Name Later • Changes Each Time She Marries • Enforced By Courts! (EX: Woman Lawyer, 1990s) • Women’s Titles Show Relation to Men • Miss – Mrs. – Objections to Ms. • 1990: Man’s Objection to Women Not Changing Name – “I Don’t Know Who She Belongs To!”

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