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==Overview== [[Lenore E. Walker]] interviewed 1,500 women who had been subject to [[domestic violence]] and found that there was a similar pattern of abuse, called the "cycle of abuse".<ref>Bonnie S. Fisher; Steven P. Lab. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8kHrWPLLX54C&pg=PA257 Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention]''. SAGE Publications; 2 February 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-4129-6047-2}}. p. 257.</ref> Initially, Walker proposed that the cycle of abuse described the [[Controlling behavior in relationships|controlling]], [[patriarchal]] behavior of men who felt entitled to abuse their wives to maintain control over them. She used the terms ''the battering cycle'' and [[battered woman syndrome|''battered woman syndrome'']]. Terms like ''cycle of abuse'' have been used instead for different reasons: to maintain objectivity; because the cycle of abuse does not always lead to [[physical abuse]]; because symptoms of the syndrome have been observed in men and women, and are not confined to marriage and dating. Similarly, Dutton (1994) writes, "The prevalence of violence in homosexual relationships, which also appear to go through abuse cycles is hard to explain in terms of men dominating women."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dutton |first=Donald G. |year=1994 |title=Patriarchy And Wife Assault: The Ecological Fallacy |journal=Violence and Victims |volume=9 |number=2 |pages=167β182 |url=http://lab.drdondutton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DUTTON.-1994.-PATRIARCHY-AND-WIFE-ASSAULT-THE-ECOLOGICAL-FALLACY..pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229141744/http://lab.drdondutton.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/DUTTON.-1994.-PATRIARCHY-AND-WIFE-ASSAULT-THE-ECOLOGICAL-FALLACY..pdf |archivedate=2014-12-29 |doi=10.1891/0886-6708.9.2.167 |pmid=7696196|s2cid=35155731 }}</ref> The cycle of abuse concept is widely used in domestic violence programs, particularly in the United States. Critics have argued the theory is flawed as it does not apply as universally as Walker suggested, does not accurately or completely describe all abusive relationships, and may emphasize ideological presumptions rather than empirical data.<ref name="Dutton&Golant">Dutton, Donald G. and Susan Golant. 1997. The Batterer: A Psychological Profile. {{ISBN|0465033881}}</ref>
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