A review by sarahetc
Why Does He Do That? by Lundy Bancroft

2.0

Skimmable-- lots of anecdotes and not a lot of actual answers to the question. The answer he gives over and over is "He feels entitled to [abuse you in whatever manner]. His value system says that this is acceptable, valid, approved, necessary, whatever, on some kind of continuum and that that continuum is unique to each man and informed by several versions of culture." Props for discussing, at length, that abuse is not limited to physical harm and punishment. And a nice listing of resources in the back, now heavily outdated.