LEADER 03326nam 22007334a 450 001 9910170983403321 005 20240405053233.0 010 $a1-135-95635-9 010 $a1-878067-00-1 010 $a0-203-80083-4 010 $a0-203-80079-6 010 $a1-280-07197-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252259 035 $a(EBL)178990 035 $a(OCoLC)52847730 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304486 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12070366 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304486 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285282 035 $a(PQKB)11575610 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000081342 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11331670 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000081342 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10105582 035 $a(PQKB)11679985 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178990 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178990 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10101094 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7197 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252259 100 $a20010622d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNo more secrets$b[electronic resource] $eviolence in lesbian relationships /$fJanice L. Ristock 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-92946-6 311 $a0-415-92945-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-228) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 questions 327 $aSEVEN Looking ForwardNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX 330 $aViolence 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 he 606 $aLesbian partner abuse 606 $aAbused lesbians 606 $aAbusive lesbian partners 606 $aLesbian couples 615 0$aLesbian partner abuse. 615 0$aAbused lesbians. 615 0$aAbusive lesbian partners. 615 0$aLesbian couples. 676 $a305.48/96643 700 $aRistock$b Janice L$g(Janice Lynn)$0901288 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910170983403321 996 $aNo more secrets$92014345 997 $aUNINA