Theorizing from Particularity: Perpetrators and Intersectional Theory on Domestic Violence

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.