- Oct 25, 2005
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Study: Black women with B.A. abused more
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., July 10 (UPI) -- Black women with a college degree were 145 times more likely to experience sexual or other abuse than women with no high school degree, a U.S. study finds.
Kameri Christy-McMullin, assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Social Work, analyzed data from the 1999 National Crime Victimization Survey and found important differences in the factors related to abuse of white, black and Hispanic women.
Christy-McMullin suggested that the study could support the main premise of backlash theory -- the notion that as women take on roles that have traditionally been held by men, men will resort to abuse as a means of keeping women in their traditional roles.
White women employed in a service industry were more likely to be physically or sexually abused, while white women who lived in households with higher incomes or who had a college degree were less like to be physically abused, the study found.
White women with some college education and divorced or separated women were more likely to be emotionally abused than professional women.
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Study: Black women with B.A. abused more
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., July 10 (UPI) -- Black women with a college degree were 145 times more likely to experience sexual or other abuse than women with no high school degree, a U.S. study finds.
Kameri Christy-McMullin, assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Social Work, analyzed data from the 1999 National Crime Victimization Survey and found important differences in the factors related to abuse of white, black and Hispanic women.
Christy-McMullin suggested that the study could support the main premise of backlash theory -- the notion that as women take on roles that have traditionally been held by men, men will resort to abuse as a means of keeping women in their traditional roles.
White women employed in a service industry were more likely to be physically or sexually abused, while white women who lived in households with higher incomes or who had a college degree were less like to be physically abused, the study found.
White women with some college education and divorced or separated women were more likely to be emotionally abused than professional women.
Read the rest here