Taking Exception to "Asymmetrical Role-Taking: Comparing Battered and Nonbattered Women".

The article presents the authors' comments on the article "Asymmetrical Role-Taking: Comparing Battered and Nonbattered Women," published in the January 1996 issue of the journal. According to the authors, the authors of the article misunderstood the dynamics and real dangers that were part of abusive relationships. While commenting on coping mechanism in close relationship, and typology discusses several choices that belie the realities of abusive interactions.