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My principal concern in this study is to answer a question of whether psychological studies and theories of battered women are worthless or even harmful for the issue of woman battering. I probe how the psychological studies of battered women play a role in the issue of woman battering, examining the contributions and limitations of psychological theories and assumptions in three categories: women’s masochism, feminine personality characteristics, and learned helplessness. I believe, first, the problem of psychological assumption of feminine masochism is in the fact that it has been spread without sufficient evidences, emerging simply from Deutsch’s theory, and uncritically applied to women and misused within a patriarchal societal norms. Secondly, the psychological assumptions of feminine personality characteristics regarding why women stay in their abusive relationships negatively impact the woman battering issue, because of its misinterpretations and misusages for the revictimization of women in the patriarchal societal norms, not because of psychological theories and assumptions, per se. Thirdly, the learned helplessness theory definitely contributes to the explanation and appreciation of battered women, but may be inevitably criticized in that an attempt to understand the victimization process of battered women can reinforce women’s oversimplified characteristics such as helplessness or passivity in the battering situation. Since the psychological assumptions of women is inherently related to social environments and societal characteristics, they, unintentionally, play their role in leading to prejudiced psychological assumptions and myths about battered women. Such myths and stereotypes about battered women are closely combined with socio-cultural and religious (Christian) norms in patriarchal systems and structures, which often support woman battering. Therefore, new psychological studies and assumptions of battered women clearly are needed regarding the strength of their characters or their psychological health for resistance.

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I. Introduction
 II. Why Doesn’t She Leave?
  1. Feminine masochism
  2. Feminine personality characteristics
  3. Learned helplessness
 III. Dangerous Constructions
  1. Social norms
  2. Christian challenge
 IV. Conclusion
 Bibliography
 Abstract

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저자

• Hong, Ri Wha [ Assistant Professor of Korea Christian University ]

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발행기관

간행물

표지보기 관심저널 등록

• 간행물명

  신학과 실천 [Theology and Praxis]

• 간기

  연5회

• pISSN

  1229-7917

• 수록기간

  1997~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 230 DDC 230