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["Molly Dragiewicz" <>]

Hi All,
I have a new article out on the backlash. I can't attach it here but if
you email me I will send you the PDF.

Patriarchy Reasserted
Fathers' Rights and Anti-VAWA Activism 
Molly Dragiewicz 
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 

 
Feminist Criminology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 121-144 (2008)

The backlash against gender-sensitive responses to women's
victimization, offending, and imprisonment is inseparable from
contemporary reaction against feminism and other progressive movements.
The backlash against the American Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
provides a prime example of this resistance. Despite widespread support
for VAWA and other policies designed to address violence against women,
some constituencies object to their existence. The author investigates
fathers' rights rhetoric on VAWA as an example of antifeminist backlash.

Molly Dragiewicz
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Criminology, Justice, and Policy Studies
University of Ontario Institute of Technology