Abstract
M.A.
The rationale behind the study of abused women should
be a public and not an individual concern.
Acknowledging anti considering abuse of women to be
unacceptable is not enough. However, the public needs
to be further educated as to its prevalence and seriousness. In the present study an attempt is made to
redress some of these differences by studying women
abuse in South Africa. The most important aim of the research is to understand
the ways in which three abused women have managed to
have the courage to relate and be honest about their
experiences of abuse that they have suffered for many
years. The research study will be based on the qualitative
research method. The narrative approach will be
integrated, whereby the three abused women will tell
their different stories of abuse by their husbands. The
researcher has found this study to be of utmost
importance in contextualising the insight of women abuse
although the sample of the three women does not
represent all the abused women in South African context.