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Part I. Introduction: Teaching and Learning 1.1 Studying Gender and Violence Objectives of research * Attitudinal history and other essential concepts * Previous studies and sources 1.2 Historical Roots of Topical Issues Ineludible patriarchy * From women’s rights to human rights and feminism * On the prevalence and dynamics of gender-based violence Part II. Spousal Trouble: Fighting Like Cats and Dogs 2.1 Gendering Marital Disputes Mirror of affection: mutual duties * To love and fear your husband * Masculine norms of violence and aggression 2.2 Domestic Discipline or Crimes of Violence? The power to protect * Between excessive and appropriate chastisement * Legitimizing spousal power relations * Punishable tyranny 2.3 Women’s Aggression against Men First there was nagging * Female devil in the wrong trousers * Inverted perpetrators and victims 2.4 Dissolving, Annulling or Preserving a Marriage Strategies of guilt * Aiming at harmony * The slippery slopes of intimate-partner violence Part III. Sexual Trouble: Her will and His 3.1 Daughters, Wives and Mothers Obedience or agency? * The double standards of chastity * Knowing your place 3.2 Fathers, Brothers and Husbands Be in control or be ashamed * The virile subject * Challenging toxic masculinity 3.3 Rape and Hierarchies of Victimhood Ravished and taken * Who deserved legal protection? * Deep-rooted rape culture 3.4 Invisible Sexualized Violence One spouse takes, the other one gives * Elements of intimacy and violence * Sexualized rhetoric and slander Epilogue: Breaking Down Structures of Violence Appendix: Mental Exercises