Title: See what you made me do : power, control and domestic abuse /
Authors: Hill, Jess,
Year: 2019
Subjects: Family violence Australia.; Marital violence Australia.; Psychological abuse; Control (Psychology); Victims of family violence; Child abuse Australia.; Child abuse; Control (Psychology); Family violence; Marital violence; Psychological abuse; Victims of family violence; Australia
Abstract: Women are abused or killed by their partners at astonishing rates- in Australia, almost 17 per cent of women over the age of fifteen - one in six - have been abused by an intimate partner. In this confronting and deeply researched account, journalist Jess Hill uncovers the ways in which abusers exert control in the darkest - and most intimate - ways imaginable. She asks- What do we know about perpetrators? Why is it so hard to leave? What does successful intervention look like? What emerges is not only a searing investigation of the violence so many women experience, but a dissection of how that violence can be enabled and reinforced by the judicial system we trust to protect us. Combining exhaustive research with riveting storytelling, See What You Made Me Do dismantles the flawed logic of victim-blaming and challenges everything you thought you knew about domestic and family violence.
Contents: The perpetrator's handbook -- The underground -- The abusive mind -- Shame -- Patriarchy -- Children -- When women use violence -- Sate of emergency -- Through the looking glass -- Dadirri -- Fixing it.