The expression battered women

[dottypotter]

I came across an old magazine from the mid 90s for women and they were talking about violent husbands .

They used the expression battered women. Aibu to hate that term?
Does anyone even use that today?

It's old fashioned now.

The clue is in the magazines date...

What specifically do you dislike about it?

Its true though. They were battered and beaten.

Well for a start it makes them sound like sausages.

YANBU OP, it was a horrible expression and one that is thankfully old fashioned now.

Yes agree.

I don’t like it either, it’s dehumanising and implies that that’s all there is to know about the women in question.

I remember this being used in the 70s.oh she's a battered wife, it was used in a way which implied the woman was at fault somehow. I hated the term and I was a child.

I was abused, physically, emotionally financially, verbally so that was me at one point but still I flinch at the description

I prefer terminology that focuses on the perpetrator, or the behaviour. Eg, the abuser used coercive control.

I do some work with an organisation which is related to domestic abuse. So I'm fairly up to date with terms. It's absolutely not used at all professionally in my experience!

I'd say domestic abuse rather than violence and I think that's also the norm.

Sounds like something from the chip shop

It's old fashioned, it's now known and understood that abuse is about more than just physical violence.

Wasn’t there battered woman syndrome as well?

Fast forward a few years and people will be moaning about current terms like 'domestic abuse' and 'coercive control'

No the terms you have used don't carry the same connotations as battered women /wife. I am of an age that I remember the context these were used. And unfortunately grew up in a dv situation and hated the term for good reason.

Battered woman's syndrome was a legal defence in NZ. As far as I know, it has never been successfully argued.

It focused on husbands too, partners not mentioned.

I can see why people don't like it, and neither do I. But I like the directness of it. "This woman has been battered. By a man." It focussed on the violence. Remember that "assault and battery" was a legal term.

It's just outdated terms

We move on