TY  - SER
AU  - Towns, Alison
AU  - Adams, Peter J.
TI  - "If I really loved him enough he would be okay": women's accounts of male partner violence
T2  - Violence Against Women
SN  - 1077-8012
PY  - 2000///
KW  - FVC
KW  - CULTURAL ISSUES
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - GENDER
KW  - VICTIMS
KW  - WOMEN
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
N1  - Violence Against Women, 2000, 6(6): 558-585
N2  - This article discusses how social ideals of romantic love contribute to the continuation of violent relationships. Interviews with 20 women pointed to the fact that discourses of 'perfect-love' play a significant part in women's decisions to maintain relationships with men who use violence against them. The ideals and expectations of 'perfect love' also work to silence women from talking about the violence. The authors used a feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis framework. The authors maintain that these findings have significance for early intervention and prevention strategies
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778010022182038 
ER  -