Feminist Response to Attempted Suicide: A Model for Public Health Intervention

Abstract

This research based paper has taken cognizance of violence and suicide together. Background understanding of domestic violence in relation to ongoing physical, sexual or psychological and economic process in society is well focused in the paper and so is the perspective of feminist approach which is quite innovative. The paper has brought out the gender aspect in terms of understanding domestic violence as a means to humiliate women and force them to conform to gender roles. The research paper illustrates well the magnitude of the problem globally.