![]() ![]() Yet, consider that since a huge majority of parents use some form of physical or verbal aggression against children and women are usually the primary caretakers, it can be ascertained that they use coercive force to maintain dominance. Reformist feminist thinkers still choose often to portray females as only victims. For too long the term domestic violence has been used as a “soft” term which suggests it emerges in an intimate context that is private and somehow less threatening, less brutal, than the violence that takes place outside the home.” (p. “The term “patriarchal violence” is useful because unlike the more accepted phrase “domestic violence” it continually reminds the listener that violence in the home is connected to sexism and sexist thinking, to male domination. Hooks prefers to use this term in place of “domestic violence” in her discussions since, “ Patriarchal violence,” a term that encapsulates domestic violence committed by men and women, is based on the belief that it is acceptable for a more powerful individual to control others through coercive forces (p. In contemporary times, domestic violence is a much talked about issue and it is forgotten that it was the feminist movement that exposed the realities of it. “In a culture of domination, everyone is socialized to see violence as an acceptable means of social control” (p. ![]() ![]() Summary, part 3 Chapter 11: Ending Violence ![]()
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