Synopsis
This documentary examines the complex reasons why women remain in violent homes and challenges the prevailing attitudes which accept domestic violence as well as the social structures which perpetuate it. Among the issues examined are the attitudes of battered women, the lack of funding for shelters and the support battered women find in a shelter environment. Although produced more than thirty years ago in a low budget format, this video still offers a complex analysis of an enduring social problem.

Program Note
Why do female victims of domestic violence remain in their homes? This documentary from the 1980s examines the complex reasons why women stay in violent homes and challenges the social structures that perpetuate domestic violence. The audiences are given insights into the attitudes of battered women and the lack of funding for shelters. Why Women Stay shows the views of the North American feminists of the 1980s and what the feminist movement was like then by considering the issue of domestic violence on multiple layers and encouraging female victims of domestic violence to take action. [HWANG Miyojo]