This study highlights the needs for closer
scrutiny of the inter-sectional nature of
perpetrators of domestic violence. The author
posits that attention on the identities of
victims of domestic violence fails to reveal
the reason why success in family court cases
does not always align with the victims
adherence to decision-makers' expectations of
the "perfect victim". The article argues that
the expansion of inter-sectional and
performance theory to perpetrators is necessary
to gain further insight into this discrepancy.