What is it about?
To help wives who are victims of abuse from their husbands, it is important to go deep into their perceptions of violence. Their perceptions about violence may have been the reasons why these victim-wives were able to combat violence.
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Why is it important?
THe importance of knowing this phenomenon is founded on knowing the root cause of the problem.
Perspectives
Wives' submission to husbands' cruelty may have been founded on how wives perceive violence. Most often, religious and sociocultural factors contributed to the proliferation of abuse despite the many legislations aimed at protecting women.
SIMEON JR BERNADOS
Cebu Technological University
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This page is a summary of: Survivors’ Social Construction of Intimate Partner Violence in Cebu City, Philippines, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0886260519862267.
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