About half of the women in the United States and Canada have been
physically or sexually assaulted after the age of 16. The figures
in other countries are similar. Written by an outsider (an
anthropologist) and an insider (a spousal abuse survivor), this
book offers a humanistic, rather than statistical, overview of the
problem of spousal abuse. It is based on an extensive set of
interviews with abused women and individuals who seek to help them
-- shelter workers, police officers, marriage counselors. More
particularly, it follows four women as they move through the steps
they must follow to extricate themselves from an abusive
relationship and then get on with their lives. The reader witnesses
their success and failures as they face a task that is both
necessary and daunting, and the effects that spousal abuse (and
attempts to stop the abuse) have on an ever-widening circle of
people.
This book illustrates how society in general, and individuals
and organizations in particular, help and hinder the process of
extrication -- often at the same time. By analyzing the solutions,
and their implications, that have been offered to and by the abused
women, the authors arrive at a set of alternative solutions that
could significantly reduce the incidence of spousal abuse in the
future.
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