The importance of “sexual proprietariness” in theoretical framing and interpretation of pregnancy-associated intimate partner violence and femicide: Through the eyes of a junior scholar
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North America
Wilson and Daly (1992, p. 90) refer to femicide as "aggressive proprietariness." If it is true that the sense of ownership at the core of sexual proprietariness often includes a perceived right to maintain power and control over the woman (i.e., the property), then fatal IPV can be seen as either a final deadly exercise in exerting control, or as an
act of defiance in the face of perceptions of lost control (Websdale, 1999; Wilson et al.,1995).
act of defiance in the face of perceptions of lost control (Websdale, 1999; Wilson et al.,1995).