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Hegemonic masculinity and intimate partner abuse: A qualitative psychological study.

Magister Psychologiae - MPsych / The year 1994 has important historical meaning for South African citizens. The 1994 election
marked the beginning of a new nation and a time of freedom and democracy. As part of the change
to a democratic society, the rights to gender equality and women's rights were incorporated in the
development of the new constitution. However, although our constitution provides a clause on
women's fundamental rights, women abuse is still a pervasive problem of enormous magnitude in
South Africa. South Africa has a strongly entrenched patriarchal system, which makes men in terms
of gender dominant and women subordinate.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/8591
Date January 2002
Creatorsvan Sitters, Janine
ContributorsRatele, Kopano
PublisherUniversity of Western Cape
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsUniversity of Western Cape

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