A University of Ottawa law professor and author of a book on
battered women, Elizabeth Sheehy, is creating some controversy with her
statement that a battered woman is morally entitled to kill her abuser. Sheehy has
compared battered women to prisoners of war who may find themselves in a
situation of having to kill their captors in order to escape. While Sheehy may
be trying to compare the psychological similarities of both situations, her
comments could be sending the wrong message to those seeking to rationalize the
killing of their abuser. Prisoners of war do not have the option of walking out
the door and seeking help. That, and not murder, should be stressed as a
solution to the problem.
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