How did the feminist cause become a public problem incorporated into associations, international institutions and the state?

Thanks to the feminists who, in the 1970s, identified sexual and domestic violence as a result of male domination, this violence was recognised as a social phenomenon and a concern of the state. Through this study, carried out in the suburbs of Paris and Los Angeles, the author reveals how professional and activist women use institutional and political opportunities to gain recognition for sexual and domestic violence. She retraces the processes that led to the legitimisation of state intervention in the private sphere.