Duluth model

proper noun

A program designed to reduce domestic violence against women, based on feminist theory positing that such violence is the result of patriarchal ideology.

Meanings

proper nounthe Duluth model
  1. A program designed to reduce domestic violence against women, based on feminist theory positing that such violence is the result of patriarchal ideology.

Origin

Developed in the city of Duluth, Minnesota.

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