Upscale Violence - Hardcover

Weitzman, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465090737 ISBN 13: 9780465090730

Publisher: Basic Books (AZ), 2000

Synopsis

Provides a dramatic and revealing exposT of domestic violence against well-to-do and well-educated women that also offers a provocative condemnation of the social service system that fails to protect them. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

A startling expos of domestic violence against well-educated, well-to-do women, and a powerful indictment of the social-service system that fails to protect them. . How is it possible for a highly educated woman with a career and resources of her own to stay in a marriage with an abusive husband? How can a man be considered a pillar of his community, run a successful business, yet regularly give his wife a black eye? The very nature of these questions proves our unarticulated assumption that domestic violence is restricted to the lower classes. When we do hear stories of high-profile victims, we regard them as exceptional cases and still believe abuse doesn't happen to "people like us. " Now Susan Weitzman counters this assumption by exploring a heretofore overlooked population of battered wives-the well-educated, upper-income women who rarely report abuse and remain trapped by their own silence. With keen insight and sensitivity, Weitzman, a psychotherapist and educator, traces common patterns of behavior among this group-their internal dilemmas and decisions, their dangerous desire to cover up abuse and maintain appearances.

She shows how their abusive relationships follow a different course from those in other socioeconomic groups, and how these distinctions have profound implications for understanding the true nature of this behavior. Delving into the stories of these women-wives of CEOs and attorneys, of physicians and professors, the women often professionals themselves-Weitzman builds harrowing psychological profiles of both the abused and the abuser.

About the Author:

Susan Weitzman, Ph.D., is an institute lecturer at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. A practicing psychotherapist in Chicago, she lectures and conducts workshops nationally.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0465090737
• ISBN 13: 9780465090730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304