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... 7] See id. at 31-32 (urging the provision of stronger "safety nets" for women in abusive situations); see also Linda Gordon, Feminism and Social Control, in What is Feminism? 63, 69 (Juliet Mitchell & Annie Oakley, eds., 1986 ... Finally, a spouse's history of abuse should certainly be a relevant consideration for a judge at the time of sentencing. [10] As Mary Becker has written, "[T]he assumption should be that the adult who was not literally a hostage-not literally coerced at every available ...