Next Time, She'll Be Dead: Battering and How to Stop It
by Ann Jones
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"Whether you're an individual woman looking for help or a reader looking for the truth about the thousands of women who are battered by the men they live with, Next Time, She'll Be Dead is the one book you should read." -Gloria Steinem At least 1 in 4 women will be abused during her lifetime-that is 25% of our mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, and friends. Thousands will be killed. As author Ann Jones observes, despite its devastation battering is regarded not as a serious crime, but show more instead as an inevitable "problem" blandly labeled "domestic violence." Stories of household assaults and murders are all over the news, but the blame is usually pinned on the woman who is said to have either provoked the attack or failed to "leave." In this groundbreaking book, Jones points instead to the many factors in society that promote, trivialize, and perpetuate brutality against women: from popular psychology, academic "expertise," mass media, and pop culture, to the criminal justice system and the law itself. Delving deep into the history, legality, and personal politics of male violence against wives and girlfriends, Next Time, She'll Be Dead fearlessly reframes the issue. This critically acclaimed masterwork offers productive ways of thinking and speaking about battering and explains what must be done to stop it. show lessTags
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This was an extremely difficult read for me as I come from a family that was much victemized by a violent, neglectful father. I usually underline things as I read, to emphasize ideas or view points that I consider especially truthful or important; I soon gave up underlining as I read this book, realizing that I would end up under-
lining every word in it. The author is right on target. If I could I would make this required reading for every highschool girl; it might be some antidote for the sappy, sentimental, fairy-tale image of marriage that is hammered into girls heads. It would also wake them up from the delusion that women's right are all set and in place.
lining every word in it. The author is right on target. If I could I would make this required reading for every highschool girl; it might be some antidote for the sappy, sentimental, fairy-tale image of marriage that is hammered into girls heads. It would also wake them up from the delusion that women's right are all set and in place.
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Ann Jones is a journalist, photographer, and the author of eight books of nonfiction, including Women Who Kill, Kabul in Winter, and War Is Not Over When It's Over. She has reported on the impact of war in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, and embedded with American forces in Afghanistan. She regularly writes for The Nation and TomDispatch.com.
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- HV6626 .J66 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Crimes and offenses
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