Bala, N. (2008). An historical perspective on family violence and child abuse: Comment on Moloney et al, Allegations of Family Violence, 12 June 2007. Journal of Family Studies, 14(2–3), 271–278. https://doi.org/10.5172/jfs.327.14.2-3.271
This comment traces how spousal and child abuse went from being largely ignored to being widely recognized and reported in the late twentieth century, much of it driven by feminist advocacy, and argues that because false and exaggerated allegations also increased, a gendered analysis still needs to be paired with more nuanced, differentiated understandings of abuse.