in reality the proponents of these views have not only sought to undermine womens rights but have simultaneously adopted policies that erode the conditions that enable families and their members to thrive it is through families that people share resources such as housing and income look after those who are sick and frail and reproduce nurture and care for the next generation families can be places of love and affection and pivotal for each members sense of identity and belonging over their lifetimes around one in three women can expect to experience physical or sexual abuse at the hands of an intimate partner