title: An updated feminist view of intimate partner violence.
abstract: In this article, we explore intimate partner violence (IPV) from an intersectional, feminist perspective. We describe how an updated feminist view guides us to a perspective on IPV that is more strongly grounded in an antioppressive, nonviolent, socially just feminist stance than a second-wave gender-essential feminist stance that suggests that patriarchy is the cause of IPV. At the time we began to work together it seemed that a researcher had to be identified as a "family violence" researcher or a "feminist" researcher of violence against women, and that it wasn't possible to be a feminist researcher who looked beyond patriarchy as the cause of IPV. We advocate critically thinking about essentialist practices in clinical work so that we can maintain an antioppressive, socially just, nonviolent approach to working with clients who experience IPV.
authors.affiliation: Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
authors.forename: Jayashree
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Sandra M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Stith
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D017579:Domestic Violence; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012747:Sexual Partners; D016387:Women's Health; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Antioppression; Essentialism; Feminisms; Intimate Partner Violence; Social Justice