This book is based on women’s personal accounts of violence in marriage. Quotations of these stories and interviews are combined with feminist analysis of domestic violence and references to international research.

The text deals with SOS hotline for women and children victims of violence, relying on experiences with the first hotline in Yugoslavia established by feminist activists in Zagreb in 1988.

The issue contains a radical critique of the family. It is analysed as a patriarchal instrument of alienation and oppression, directly linked to the economical and sexual exploitation of women.

Through an unplanned pregnancy a twentytwo year old woman finds herself in a marriage that turns into years of disaster for her.

This book describes the system of patriarchal violence. Abuse of women within the family, rape, and violent medical treatment are presented as cornerstones. Violence within the family.