1st Edition
Nature and Culture in Intimate Partner Violence Sex, Love and Equality
By Silvia Bonino
Copyright 2019
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
106 Pages
by
Routledge
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This innovative book aims to further our understanding of violence in intimate relationships between men and women by combining research from psychology, cultural studies, and biology. The author examines why western culture often justifies and encourages primitive forms of relationships based on domination and submission and considers not only the cultural influences, but also the biological... Read more
Introduction
1. Neither brutes nor angels
2. First sex then love
3. Return to violence and inhumanity
4. Sex as violence
5. In house enemy
Epilogue. Building the future
Bibliographical references
Biography
Silvia Bonino is professor emeritus of developmental psychology at the Department of psychology of the University of Turin (Italy), where she founded the Laboratory of developmental psychology. Her research focuses predominantly on aggressive behavior, positive sociality (empathy, cooperation, altruism) and risk behavior in adolescence.
