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Functionalist Analysis
The family provides social and economic balance to society. Families contribute
economically by working and contributing to society and they are intended to
have children and raise them in order to keep the balance through
generations
When there is an economic imbalance within the family, for example a period of
unemployment, the functionalist would theorize that domestic violence is the
result of this imbalance
Men commonly occupy instrumental roles within a traditional marriage between
a man and woman, when the man cannot occupy this role, domestic violence
can be a result
Domestic Violence is the assertion of power of one partner over the other. When
the head of household loses a job or is going through an economic hardship
and the woman is the only source of income, there is a rise in domestic
violence
The Feminist perspective can also be applied to cases of domestic violence.
When a husband or partner feels threatened by the economic success of their
partner, it can lead to cases of domestic violence.
The Power and Control Wheel demonstrates ways in which a male partner
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