Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Backlash or equality?: the influence of men's and women's rights discourses on domestic violence legislation in Ontario
Other Titles:	Violence against women
Authors:	Girard, April L
Keywords:	Community attitudes;Theories of violence
Year:	2009
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	15 (1), January 2009
Notes:	Through an examination of the public debates from Ontario's Bill 117, An Act to Better Protect Victims of Domestic Violence, this article explores the discourses that men's rights activists used to counter feminist constructions of domestic violence. Using a combined method, the author collapses the data into four important themes: protection, rights, and gender; funding and fairness; numerical and statistical truths; and resistance. By examining how they collectively construct the problem of domestic violence, the author exposes the ways in which men's rights advocates disqualify women's experiences and the responses to such claims. [?2009 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SAGE Publications link.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13548
ISSN:	1077-8012
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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