Family Violence - Test 1 Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Family Violence - Correct answer-abuse can be physical, psychological, emotional,
as well as financial.
It is not limited to individuals whose relationships meet the legal definitions of
family.
Family Violence Theory - Correct answer-States that families revolve around
relationships based on not only obligations, but also status and power
people with more resources tend to be abuse perpetrators (parents, children of the
elderly)
What is the most widely accepted theoretical framework among scholars of family
violence - Correct answer-The family violence theory
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,Feminist Theory - Correct answer-assumes primarily that gender stratification is
universal and produces and unequal system which privileges men and hinders
women
What does the feminist theory focus on - Correct answer-ways that family violence
is a gendered phenomenon
"gender based violence" - Correct answer-calls attention to both the gender of the
victim and the perpetrator
Race, class & gender theory - Correct answer-built on the assumption that there are
multiple systems of oppression that collaboratively produce systems of
stratification and therefore inequality
every system of domination as a counter-system of privilege
Social structures - Correct answer-do not focus on the individual
focuses on how societal institutions (economy and religion) help shape family
violence
The Economy - Correct answer-IPV increased substantially during the recession
from 2007-2009
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, Money is linked to power i.e. men placing domestic expectations on women in
exchange for providing their financial need
Cultural Norms - Correct answer-men should be the breadwinners
when men feel their masculinity is threatened, they respond with violence
Religion - Correct answer-many religions have rigid expectations for female
submission, but also the behaviors of children and parents
religion supports norms of masculinity and femininity
sexual abuse of women/children by religious leaders
Child abuse - Correct answer-rarely a single physical attack or a single act of
deprivation or molestation
child abuse was seen as a 'family problem' up until what point - Correct answer-the
late 1970s and early 1980s
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Questions and Answers
Family Violence - Correct answer-abuse can be physical, psychological, emotional,
as well as financial.
It is not limited to individuals whose relationships meet the legal definitions of
family.
Family Violence Theory - Correct answer-States that families revolve around
relationships based on not only obligations, but also status and power
people with more resources tend to be abuse perpetrators (parents, children of the
elderly)
What is the most widely accepted theoretical framework among scholars of family
violence - Correct answer-The family violence theory
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,Feminist Theory - Correct answer-assumes primarily that gender stratification is
universal and produces and unequal system which privileges men and hinders
women
What does the feminist theory focus on - Correct answer-ways that family violence
is a gendered phenomenon
"gender based violence" - Correct answer-calls attention to both the gender of the
victim and the perpetrator
Race, class & gender theory - Correct answer-built on the assumption that there are
multiple systems of oppression that collaboratively produce systems of
stratification and therefore inequality
every system of domination as a counter-system of privilege
Social structures - Correct answer-do not focus on the individual
focuses on how societal institutions (economy and religion) help shape family
violence
The Economy - Correct answer-IPV increased substantially during the recession
from 2007-2009
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, Money is linked to power i.e. men placing domestic expectations on women in
exchange for providing their financial need
Cultural Norms - Correct answer-men should be the breadwinners
when men feel their masculinity is threatened, they respond with violence
Religion - Correct answer-many religions have rigid expectations for female
submission, but also the behaviors of children and parents
religion supports norms of masculinity and femininity
sexual abuse of women/children by religious leaders
Child abuse - Correct answer-rarely a single physical attack or a single act of
deprivation or molestation
child abuse was seen as a 'family problem' up until what point - Correct answer-the
late 1970s and early 1980s
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