TY - JOUR PY - 2003// TI - “The Woman is Not Always the Bad Guy” JO - Violence against women A1 - Nichols, Laura A1 - Feltey, Kathryn M. SP - 784 EP - 806 VL - 9 IS - 7 N2 - Feminist scholars promote an advocacy and social change approach that is rooted in centering women's knowledge and suggestions for change. This article centers and analyzes suggestions made by women staying in shelters for women who have been battered and explores the ways their perspectives reflect individualized or structural discourse and their solutions concentrate needs at the level of survival, equality, or transformation. The article finds that women have a range of perspectives and suggestions, and feminist scholars are encouraged to understand and address these from women's multiple positions while continuing to grapple with how to promote social change to improve women's lives.

LA - SN - 1077-8012 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801203009007003 ID - ref1 ER -