Assertive therapy for battered women: A case illustration

Changing Forms and Platforms of Misogyny: Sexual Harassment of Women Journalists on Twitter

“…When someone imputes jealousy to someone else, in the absence of any mention of it in the conversation, it suggests a projective technique on the part of the abuser. When women become assertive and vocal in any society, the dominant section of men feels threatened, and feels jealous for the women's assertiveness (Meyers-Abell & Jansen, 1980;Dijkstra & Buunk, 1998). The three women journalists becoming vocal and assertive in voicing opinion, and daring to differ from the dominant discourse might easily be construed as 'dominance' by male trolls, a characteristic typically associated with men in a patriarchal Indian society.…”

A critical assessment of the efficacy of women's groups.

“…Battered women have been the recipients of women’s group treatment. Meyers-Abell & Jansen (1980) reported their experience with a group at a domestic violence center. They obtained the Beck Depression Inventory and Adult Self-Expression Scale (which measures assertiveness) from the subjects before the initiation of the group, but, due to difficulty locating the subjects after treatment, did not obtain posttreatment data.…”