"Not to People Like Us""Not to People Like Us"
Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages
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Book, 2000
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Current format, Book, 2000, , No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formatsHow 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.
Based on her experience as a psychotherapist with the "hidden victims" of domestic abuse in upper-class marriages, Weitzman (lecturer, social work administration, U. of Chicago) provides insights into why they remain in such relationships; how the profile of abused and abuser differs from those in other socioeconomic classes; and early warning signs, interventions, and resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
Provides a revealing expose of domestic violence against well-to-do and well-educated women that also offers a condemnation of the social service system that fails to protect them.
A startling exposé of domestic violence against well-educated, well-to-do women, and a powerful indictment of the social-service system that fails to protect them.
Based on her experience as a psychotherapist with the "hidden victims" of domestic abuse in upper-class marriages, Weitzman (lecturer, social work administration, U. of Chicago) provides insights into why they remain in such relationships; how the profile of abused and abuser differs from those in other socioeconomic classes; and early warning signs, interventions, and resources. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
Provides a revealing expose of domestic violence against well-to-do and well-educated women that also offers a condemnation of the social service system that fails to protect them.
A startling exposé of domestic violence against well-educated, well-to-do women, and a powerful indictment of the social-service system that fails to protect them.
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- New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, c2000.
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