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| | See: [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]] | | See: [[Atheist fundraising vs. religious fundraising]] |
| | + | === Irreligion and domestic violence === |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Irreligion and domestic violence]] and [[Atheism and women]] and [[Atheism and rape]] |
| | + | [[Image:Cycle.gif|thumbnail|205px|right|Research suggests that irreligiousity is a causal factor for domestic violence.<ref name="vaw">Ellison, C. G., Trinitapoli, J. A., et al. (November 2007). [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17951587 "Race/ethnicity, religious involvement, and domestic violence"] [abstract with link to full article]. ''Violence Against Women'', doi: 10.1177/1077801207308259, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 1094-1112. Abstract from PubMed.gov</ref>]] |
| | + | The abstract for the 2007 article in the journal ''Violence Against Women'' entitled ''Race/Ethnicity, Religious Involvement, and Domestic Violence'' indicated: |
| | + | {{cquote|The authors explored the relationship between religious involvement and intimate partner violence by analyzing data from the first wave of the National Survey of Families and Households. They found that: (a) religious involvement is correlated with reduced levels of domestic violence; (b) levels of domestic violence vary by race/ethnicity; (c) the effects of religious involvement on domestic violence vary by race/ethnicity; and (d) religious involvement, specifically church attendance, protects against domestic violence, and this protective effect is stronger for African American men and women and for Hispanic men, groups that, for a variety of reasons, experience elevated risk for this type of violence.<ref name="vaw"/>}} |
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| | + | ===== Secular Europe and domestic violence ===== |
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| | + | See also: [[Secular Europe and domestic violence]] |
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| | === Atheism and pornography === | | === Atheism and pornography === |