No Visible Wounds
Subtitle: Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Women by Their Men
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: October 8, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780449910795
First sentence: THIS IS THE STORY OF ELLIE-Eleanor Ames, living in New York, born in Norwalk, Connecticut, daughter of Martha Lapone, a housewife, and Jonathan Shattuck, a lawyer.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : What is nonphysical abuse?; title: "I don't do anything right" : the humiliation of emotional abuse; title: "I think I'm going crazy" : the madness of psychological abuse; title: "If only I could visit my folks" : the isolation of social abuse; title: "I never have a penny" : the destitution of economic abuse; title: Part 2 : How does nonphysical abuse happen?; title: "It's always been that way" : the historical acceptance of abuse; title: "I didn't even know what it was" : the subtle patterns of abuse; title: "Why does he treat me like this?" : profile of an abuser; title: "Why doesn't she just leave?" : the reasons a woman stays with an abuser; title: Part 3 : Reactions to nonphysical abuse.; title: "Just another domestic dispute" : the police response to abuse; title: "Go home and behave yourselves" : the court response to abuse; title: "That's what marriage is" : the views of women on abuse; title: Part 4 : Can you make it stop?; title: "I'll try, but it's not easy" : a woman's pain in acknowledging abuse; title: "I guess I have a choice" : a woman's options; title: "What if he keeps after me?" : protection for women who leave; title: "Will he ever change?" : treatment for abusers; title: "So why don't I feel happy?" : building a new life; title: Help lines