TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Contextualizing women's violence and aggression: Beyond denial and demonization
JO  - Behavioral and brain sciences
A1  - Chesney-Lind, Meda
SP  - 222
EP  - 223
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - This commentary focuses on the role played by constructions of  women's violence in the maintenance of male control over women.  While actual women's violence tends to be denied, pathologized  or minimized, cultural constructions (particularly in the media) of  women's violence tend to demonize it. Both of these androcentric  cultural processes fail to illuminate the actual sources of the gender  gap in violent behavior and instead tend to normalize male aggression  and to cultivate female passivity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-525X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X99321816
ID  - ref1
ER  -