Women’s Perceptions of Their Relationships after the Desistance of Violence

By: SCOTT A CAMPBELL

Narrated by: Myra Shiraz

This study explores how women perceive and understand their intimate relationships following the cessation of domestic violence. Drawing on qualitative research and first-person narratives, the audiobook examines the complex processes through which women make sense of their experiences after violence has stopped—whether through separation, partner change, or relationship transformation.

The audiobook investigates critical questions: How do women reconstruct their understanding of relationships that were once violent? What factors contribute to their decisions to stay or leave? How do they navigate trust, safety, and intimacy in the aftermath of abuse? What role do healing, forgiveness, and accountability play in their relational perceptions? The study reveals the diverse and often contradictory ways women interpret their experiences, challenging simplistic narratives about domestic violence recovery.

Through in-depth interviews and narrative analysis, the research examines women's evolving perceptions across multiple dimensions: their assessment of partner change and desistance authenticity, their renegotiation of relationship boundaries and expectations, their processing of trauma and its ongoing effects, and their reconstruction of self-identity beyond victimhood. The audiobook addresses how social support, economic factors, children, cultural context, and institutional responses shape women's relational decision-making.

The study illuminates the ambiguity and complexity of post-violence relationships, showing how women actively interpret their circumstances rather than simply responding to violence.

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