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1. 1. News Releases :: News :: STUDY FINDS WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES MORE LIKELY TO BE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

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   Published on: 12/1/2006   Last Visited: 12/4/2006

   "These women not only face hardship because of their disabilities, but are also at risk of harm within their own households," explains Dr. Douglas Brownridge of the department of family social sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. "This may seem counter-intuitive, but rather than being treated with more care by their partners, women with disabilities may face more mistreatment than those without disabilities."
   
   Brownridge, also a researcher with the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba, says the reasons for the increased violence appear to be attributable to the views of abused disabled women's partners.
   
   He notes: "Male partners of women with disabilities were 2½ times more likely to behave in a dominating manner and 1½ times more likely to be unreasonably jealous towards their disabled partners."
   
   He adds: "Patriarchal dominance and sexually proprietary behaviours are strongly linked to increased odds of violence against women both with and without disabilities."
   
   The study was published in the September issue of the research journal Violence Against Women.
   
   For more information, contact Dr. Douglas Brownridge at: 204-474-8050.

2. 2. Metropolis Web Site

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   Published on: 12/20/2000   Last Visited: 12/14/2007

   Douglas Brownridge, Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba

3. 3. ICT [2003/02/27] News from the North: A digest of First Nations news from Canada

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   Published on: 3/8/2003   Last Visited: 3/8/2003

   Douglas Brownridge, an associate professor of family studies and a family violence specialist at the University of Manitoba, conducted the study. It was published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
   
   Brownridge said in the study that alcohol abuse, lack of education, poverty and unemployment cannot explain why Aboriginal women have remained seven times more likely to be abused than other Canadian women. He insisted that once common factors are eliminated, like alcoholism and the level of education, the only remaining explanation is the impact of hundreds of years of assimilation in eroding pride and traditional values.
   
   Some of the other findings of the Brownridge study were:
   
   o 12.6 percent of aboriginal women had been victims of violence by their current partners in the previous five years while the figure for non-Aboriginal women was 3.5 percent;
   
   o three times as many Aboriginal women were threatened by their partners;
   
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   The study is not scientifically conclusive, but Brownridge said the results definitely point to the loss of traditional culture as a reason for the alarming figures. He also called for "more global initiatives designed to restore missing elements of aboriginal culture" rather than a simple focus on treating substance abuse or poverty.