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"The Intersectional Paradigm and Alternative Visions to Stopping Domestic Violence: What Poor Women, Women of Color, and Immigrant Women Are Teaching Us About Violence in the Family," Natalie J. Sokoloff Sokoloff's work studies the problem of domestic violence from an intersectional perspective. By doing this, she challenges the notion that gender inequality is the only primary force driving the problem. The approach has two distinct objectives: giving voices to battered women, as well as addressing socially structured inequalities that feed into the problem. One of her major critiques is that the often-supported "colorblind" approach to domestic violence (specifically in that it cuts through all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses), it prevents larger social structural problems that feed into the problem from being recognized and addressed. As an example of this, research shows that controlling for economics, African American women are less likely to experience domestic violence, and that neighborhood factors (less collective efficacy) is a more significant determining factor than race is. The tendency to approach cases of domestic violence as part of a different cultural perspective (such as honor killings), also minimizes the perceptions of domestic violence with persons of color. Finally, community based programs are outlined that seek.