scholarly journals Domestic violence and companion animals in the context of LGBT people’s relationships

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 821-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nik Taylor ◽  
Heather Fraser ◽  
Damien W Riggs
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
The Other ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Critical Animal Studies

The link between domestic violence and animal abuse has now been well established, indicating that where there is one form of abuse, there is often the other. Research on this link, however, has almost exclusively focused on heterosexual cisgender people’s relationships. Lacking, then, is an exploration of the possibly unique links between domestic violence and animal abuse in the context of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people’s relationships. In this article we adopt a feminist intersectional approach informed by Critical Animal Studies to advocate for a non-pathologising approach to understanding LGBT people’s relationships with regard to the link between domestic violence and animal abuse.

scholarly journals Akbar, My Heart: Caregiving for a Dog During Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-29
Author(s):  
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Neurological Disease ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fatal Disease ◽  
Critical Animal Studies ◽  
An Inconvenient Truth ◽  
Relational Frame ◽  
Point Of Departure

Covid-19 originates with humans’ instrumentalization of other animals, an “inconvenient truth” elided by scientists procuring a vaccine while refusing to contend with the captivity, slaughter and encroachment on wild animals’ habitats that brought the fatal disease upon us. The interlocking of homo sapiens’ and other species’ suffering is, of course, glaringly evidenced by disproportionate Black and brown death due to Covid-19 worldwide, itself intensifying the foundational pandemic of anti-Black violence. “Akbar, My Heart” contemplates transpecies loss in a relational frame, attending to the entanglement of white supremacy with anthropocentrism at the same time that I reflect on caregiving for my canine companion, Akbar, during his decline from neurological disease. My elderly friend’s worsening symptoms coincided with the pandemic’s spread, the Summer’s uproar against anti-Black violence and California’s wildfires. The vortex of these events is a point of departure for meditating about carceral logic, animalization and the seeming “end of days” together with another kind of ending, one centered on providing comfort and an honorable death. Mourning for Akbar through the preparation of this piece, I have called upon the wisdom of critical animal studies scholars as well as Sufi poets and even the texts of my dreams. Deciphering this bewildering time of transformation has been an invitation to imagine another world while abiding with Akbar in the threshold, attempting to see through the smoke, so to speak, to the other side of this scorched earth.

Introduction: The End of the Animal – Literary and Cultural Animalities

Animalities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lundblad
Keyword(s):  
Animal Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Animal Studies ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
The One

The introduction to this volume calls for the end of “animal studies” broadly conceived as an umbrella term encompassing such diverse fields as animality studies, posthumanism, human-animal studies, critical animal studies, and species critique. While these fields attempt to move beyond the human in various ways, they often have rather different ends in mind, if not explicit conflicts with each other. Lundblad thus argues that this range of work can be characterized more productively as falling under the three general categories of human-animal studies, posthumanism, and animality studies, with a common focus on what he calls “animalities”: texts, discourses, and material relationships that construct animals, on the one hand, or humans in relation to animals, on the other hand, or both.

scholarly journals No pets allowed: A trans-species social justice perspective to address housing issues for older adults and companion animals

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-68
Author(s):  
Atsuko Matsuoka ◽  
John Sorenson ◽  
Taryn Mary Graham ◽  
Jasmine Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Critical Animal Studies ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

INTRODUCTION: Significant benefits of companion animals (i.e., pets) for older adults are recognized and publications on Animal-Assisted Intervention, Animal-Assisted Activities and Animal-Assisted Therapies with older adults are growing. Studies on housing and community- residing older adults with companion animals from a non-utilitarian perspective on other animals, however, are rather limited.METHODS: For this scoping review, we used a Critical Animal Studies perspective, in particular, a trans-species social justice framework to address two questions: “What are the scope and size of the literature on housing for community living older adults with companion animals?” and “What is known from the existing literature?” We searched peer-reviewed publications from 1980 to 2019 by using MEDLINE, PsychINFO, ProQuest and Scopus.FINDINGS: Six works from Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand and US met our criteria. A disturbing reality was discovered: Restrictive leasing (‘no pets’ for rental housing) among low-income older adults with companion animals in public housing has persisted for the last 40 years and prevents them from accessing affordable housing. Also, the discourse of pets as problems or risk seems to justify prohibiting older adults from living with companion animals.CONCLUSION: Utilising the concept of speciesism and a trans-species social justice framework for analysis, we argue that intersectional institutional oppression of speciesism and classism is a root cause of the situation. Justice for older adults cannot be achieved without justice for their companion animals. Future studies in human–animal relations and education and practice in social work need to incorporate ideas of speciesism and justice beyond humans.

scholarly journals The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence: A National Survey of Shelters for Women who are Battered

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Wood ◽  
Claudia V. Weber ◽  
Frank R. Ascione
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
National Survey ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Companion Animal ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Intake Interview ◽  
Women And Children

AbstractThe maltreatment of animals, usually companion animals, may occur in homes where there is domestic violence, yet we have limited information about the prevalence of such maltreatment. We surveyed the largest shelters for women who are battered in 49 states and the District of Columbia. Shelters were selected if they provided overnight facilities and programs or services for children. Ninety-six percent of the shelters responded. Analysis revealed that it is common for shelters to serve women and children who talk about companion animal abuse. However, only a minority of respondents indicated that they systematically ask about companion animal maltreatment in their intake interview. We discuss the implications of these results for domestic violence programs, animal welfare organizations, and programs serving children of women who are battered by their partners.

International Law, Domestic Violence, and the Intersection with Nonhuman Animal Abuse

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Sheena Swemmer
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
International Law ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Nonhuman Animal ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Domestic Violence Law

AbstractThis article acknowledges the void in international law around the general protection of all nonhuman animals and suggests that the framework currently set out in inter- national law requires development. It will be argued that the idea of protecting certain vulnerable animals within international law be adopted and the definition of “vulnerability” be viewed in a less anthropocentric way to include groups of animals who experience vulnerability in different ways, such as companion animals who are victims of violence in the home. It will be suggested that due to the nature of domestic violence and its effects on numerous victims (women, children, and companion animals), inter- national domestic violence law must be developed to include all possible victims of domestic violence in the home who include both children and companion animals.

Domestic Violence: The Other Side of the River

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Schafer ◽  
Grace Coleman ◽  
Jerry Sawyer
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
The Other

scholarly journals Including the animal standpoint in critical public relations research

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-161
Author(s):  
Núria Almiron ◽  
Laura Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Critical Animal Studies ◽  
Essential Step ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Discourse Studies ◽  
Theoretical Paper ◽  
Short Explanation

In this paper we argue that adopting critical animal studies perspectives in critical public relations can not only be very fruitful, but that it is also a necessity if the aims of the latter are to be achieved. To this end, this text introduces the challenges and opportunities that the field of critical animal studies brings to critical public relations studies. First, a short explanation of what critical animal studies is and why it can contribute to critical public relations studies is provided. Then the main fields of research where this contribution can be most relevant are discussed, including ethics, discourse studies and political economy. The final aim of this theoretical paper is to expand research within the field of critical public relations by including a critical animal studies approach. Eventually, the authors suggest that embracing the animal standpoint in critical public relations is an essential step to furthering the study of power, hegemony, ideology, propaganda or social change and to accomplishing the emancipatory role of research.

Silent Victims Revisited: The Special Case of Domestic Violence

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-513
Author(s):  
Barry Zuckerman ◽  
Marilyn Augustyn ◽  
Betsy McAlister Groves ◽  
Steven Parker
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Clinical Experience ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
The Other ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Witness Violence ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Special Case ◽  
At Home

In a commentary published previously, we communicated our concern regarding the plight of children who witness violence.1 Research suggests that children who witness violence suffer significant psychologic and behavioral problems that interfere with their ability to function in school, at home, and with peers. The primary focus of that commentary was children who witnessed community violence. Our ongoing clinical experience, heightened by media attention on domestic violence, including the O.J. Simpson case, leads us to revisit silent victims with a sole focus on those children who witness domestic violence. Domestic violence is a particularly devastating event for a child who, in the presence of danger, typically turns to a parent for protection and for whom there is no comfort or security if one parent is the perpetrator of violence, and the other is a terrified victim.

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