No more secrets : violence in lesbian relationships / Janice L. Ristock.

Violence 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...

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Main Author: Ristock, Janice L. (Janice Lynn) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of lesbian partner abuse : creating a new category
  • Troubling tales : telling stories, exposing language, raising questions
  • A material tale : telling stories. What the body remembers : lesbians' experiences of relationship violence
  • An innocence lost : responses to violence
  • A discursive tale : exposing language. What's written on the body
  • The politics of responding to violence in lesbian relationships
  • A reflexive tale : raising questions. Looking forward.