03303nam 22007334a 450 991017098340332120200520144314.01-135-95635-91-878067-00-10-203-80083-40-203-80079-61-280-07197-4(CKB)1000000000252259(EBL)178990(OCoLC)52847730(SSID)ssj0000304486(PQKBManifestationID)12070366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304486(PQKBWorkID)10285282(PQKB)11575610(SSID)ssj0000081342(PQKBManifestationID)11331670(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081342(PQKBWorkID)10105582(PQKB)11679985(MiAaPQ)EBC178990(Au-PeEL)EBL178990(CaPaEBR)ebr10101094(CaONFJC)MIL7197(EXLCZ)99100000000025225920010622d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNo more secrets violence in lesbian relationships /Janice L. Ristock1st ed.New York Routledge20021 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-92946-6 0-415-92945-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index.Cover; NO MORE SECRETS: violence in lesbian relationships; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE: Bearing Witness; ONE The Emergence of Lesbian Partner Abuse: Creating a New Category; TWO Troubling Tales: Telling Stories, Exposing Language, Raising Questions; A MATERiAL TALE: telling stories; THREE What the Body Remembers: Lesbians' Experiences of Relationship Violence; FOUR An Innocence Lost: Responses to Violence; A DISCURSIVE TALE: exposing language; FIVE What's Written on the Body; SIX The Politics of Responding to Violence in Lesbian Relationships; A REFLEXIVE TALE: raising questionsSEVEN Looking ForwardNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXViolence is a male biological trait. When women fight, no one gets seriously hurt. Lesbians don't abuse their spouses. The truth revealed in Janice Ristock's groundbreaking book is that lesbian relationships sometimes do turn violent. Based on interviews with more than one hundred lesbians who have suffered abuse and seventy-five case workers, No More Secrets is the first in-depth account of this startling phenomenon. Although one in four gay and lesbian couples are affected by domestic violence, the problem has remained hidden for several reasons. By giving voice to the victims, Ristock heLesbian partner abuseAbused lesbiansAbusive lesbian partnersLesbian couplesLesbian partner abuse.Abused lesbians.Abusive lesbian partners.Lesbian couples.305.48/96643Ristock Janice L(Janice Lynn)901288MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170983403321No more secrets2014345UNINA