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Interest in this topic is not recent; rather, it goes back to the 1980s, when it came to the attention of some researchers in the United States. But although there is abundant literature on gender and family violence, we cannot say the same about this issue.
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Kaufmann, A.E. (2008). Background. In: Women in Management and Life Cycle. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594098_2
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