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Not To People Like Us Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages

Not To People Like Us Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages

Susan Weitzman (Author)
August 2001
Trade Paperback · 304 Pages
$15.00 U.S. · $22.95 CAN · €10.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780465090747
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Description

How is it possible for a highly educated woman with a career and resources of her own to stay in a marriage with an abusive husband? How can a man be considered a pillar of his community and regularly give his wife a black eye? The very nature of these questions proves how convinced we are that domestic violence is restricted to the lower classes. Now Susan Weitzman explores a heretofore overlooked population of battered wives-the upper-educated and upper-income women who rarely report abuse and remain trapped by their own silence.

About the Author

Susan Weitzman, Ph.D., is an institute lecturer at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. A practicing psychotherapist in Chicago, she lectures and conducts workshops nationally.