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dc.contributor.authorTolmie, Juliaen
dc.contributor.authorStubbs, Julieen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T23:26:12Z-
dc.date.available2022-06-30T23:26:12Z-
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.identifier.citation8 (1), Winter-Spring 1995en
dc.identifier.issn0832-8781en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16468-
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Lawen
dc.subjectCross-culturalen
dc.subjectRepresentations of womenen
dc.subjectLegal issuesen
dc.titleRace, gender, and the battered woman syndrome: an Australian case studyen
dc.title.alternativeCanadian journal of women and the lawen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid1694en
dc.subject.keywordNationalen
dc.subject.keywordLanguageen
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.subject.keywordInternationalen
dc.subject.keywordFrenchen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.description.notesExamines the various ways in which the application of battered woman syndrome to the situations of women who do not conform to the white middle-class standard used in Walker’s classic study, can misrepresent a victim’s/defendant’s experience and reinforce, rather than challenge, a range of racial/sexual stereotypes and assumptions. The failure of feminist debates surrounding the use of battered woman syndrome to adequately address the issue of race and the ways in which racial and sexual prejudices can intersect to compound a woman’s experience of disadvantage within the legal system is highlighted and the case of R v Hickey, the first NSW Supreme Court case to accept evidence of battered woman syndrome (BWS), is used to illustrate an alternative reading of battered women’s responses to violence. Argues that, by recognising the significance of race and gender within the context in which women’s actions occur, it becomes unnecessary to construct them as passive and dependent, and that a more realistic and culturally appropriate portrayal of women’s experiences is possible.en
dc.identifier.sourceCanadian journal of women and the lawen
dc.date.entered2003-09-19en
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