ارزش هاي پدرسالاري و خشونت عليه زنان

Patriarchy Values and Violence against Women

Violence against women is assumed to be the result of patriarchy values and unequal distribution of gender power in the family. In this framework when masculinity power of men 1Sthreatened, violence occurs. This paper is a case stud y that pursues open hypothesize test. The study has accomplished via qualitative method and deep interview technique among 30 women who experienced violence and sought help from Amolʹs Counselling Centre. The results show when women challeng ed dominance and questioned their subordinate relationships in the family by resi sting instrumental attitude, the majority of them faced violence. These results also indicate that modernity, by exposing these women to important resources such as edu cation and employment has fostered resistance potency in them