scholarly journals “Punched in the Balls”: Male Intimate Partner Violence Disclosures and Replies on Reddit

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 155798832110396
Author(s):  
Marudan Sivagurunathan ◽  
David M. Walton ◽  
Tara Packham ◽  
Richard Booth ◽  
Joy MacDermid
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Self Defence

Research on male intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors is limited. The sparse research on male IPV disclosure suggest males receive more negative and less helpful responses from potential sources of formal or informal support. Males may seek support on social networking sites (SNSs), hence, it is important to understand their emerging experiences of virtual disclosures. This study examined the nature and content of responses to IPV disclosures by male IPV survivors on a popular SNS (reddit.com). Search of Reddit submissions related to male IPV were carried out using three IPV related keywords for the calendar month of February 2019, resulting in 917 submissions. Twelve submissions that focused on male IPV disclosure were examined in detail. The 12 submissions were analyzed using quantitative content analysis while associated comments ( n = 569) were analyzed using qualitative approach. Two-thirds of the disclosures (8/12) were of personal IPV experiences. All disclosure narratives identified the sex of perpetrator, most stated the types of abuse (7/12), and some revealed the outcomes of past disclosures (4/12). Six major themes were developed through qualitative analysis of the associated comments: (1) Informational Support, (2) Nurturant Support, (3) Tangible Aid, (4) Negative Response (5) Self-Defence, and (6) Reciprocal Disclosure. Overall, males experienced a majority of supportive responses to IPV disclosures and some negative responses including criticism and minimizing the abuse. Males take risks in disclosure of IPV in person and online.

scholarly journals Social Entrapment Evidence: Understanding Its Role in Self-Defence Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Douglas ◽  
Stella Tarrant ◽  
Julia Tolmie
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Safety Planning ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Structural Inequality ◽  
Self Defence

This article considers what evidence juries need to help them apply the defence of self-defence where a woman claims she has killed an abusive partner to save her own life. Drawing on recent research and cases we argue that expert evidence admitted in these types of cases generally fails to provide evidence about the nature of abuse, the limitations in the systemic safety responses and the structural inequality that abused women routinely face. Evidence of the reality of the woman’s safety options, including access to, and the realistic support offered by, services such as police, housing, childcare, safety planning and financial support should be presented. In essence, juries need evidence about what has been called social entrapment so they can understand how women’s safety options are deeply intertwined with their degree of danger and therefore with the question of whether their response (of killing their abuser) was necessary based on reasonable grounds. We consider the types of evidence that may be important in helping juries understand the concept and particular circumstances of social entrapment, including the role of experts in this context.

Online Social Support for Intimate Partner Violence Victims in China: Quantitative and Automatic Content Analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122091145
Author(s):  
Tsz Hang Chu ◽  
Youzhen Su ◽  
Hanxiao Kong ◽  
Jingyuan Shi ◽  
Xiaohui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Machine Learning Technique ◽  
Online Social Support ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Learning Technique

To examine the nature and content of messages presented in a popular Chinese online community about intimate partner violence (IPV), this study utilized a two-step analytic approach that combined quantitative content analysis and automatic content analysis. We collected 90,040 messages from the online community’s IPV group. Study 1 analyzed 8,343 randomly selected messages. The findings suggest that social support is commonly presented, while only a few messages expressed blame toward the victims. Study 2 analyzed the whole sample via machine learning technique and further showed that this online community was a space for the victims to obtain informational resources and emotional encouragement.

scholarly journals Prisoners of suffering: perception of women on violence practiced by intimate partners

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Carla Batista ◽  
Sonia Silva Marcon ◽  
Hellen Emília Peruzzo ◽  
Aline Gabriela Bega Ruiz ◽  
Pamela dos Reis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
External Resources ◽  
Forms Of Violence

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the perceptions of women, prisoners or partners of imprisoned men who experience/experienced intimate partner violence, and how they cope with this situation. Method: a descriptive exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted with 21 women. Empirical data collected between March and August 2018, through audio-recorded semi-structured interviews, were submitted to thematic content analysis. Results: women reported experiencing different forms of violence, which triggered suffering and negative commitment in their lives, far beyond the act itself, especially by the emotional and physical marks and their consequences. They also realize that coping with violence is individual responsibility, lived in the counterpoint between the desire to overcome it and passivity. Final considerations: intimate partner violence was uniquely revealed by women as a solitary experience, with permanent consequences in the physical, emotional, patrimonial, sexual and moral spheres, and limited internal and external resources make it difficult to cope with it.

Coercive Control and the Stay–Leave Decision: The Role of Latent Tactics Among a Sample of Abused Pregnant Women

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 811-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Alves ◽  
Sandra Graham-Bermann ◽  
Erin Hunter ◽  
Laura E. Miller-Graff ◽  
Sarah M. Schomer
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Coercive Control ◽  
Assessment Interview ◽  
Violent Relationship

Prior research on intimate partner violence (IPV) and a survivor’s decision whether to remain in or leave a violent relationship has often been framed by the question “why do they stay?” This study looks reframe the discussion and examine one facet of this stay–leave decision: abusers’ use of coercive control tactics. Using a qualitative approach with a sample of pregnant women exposed to IPV, we sought to expand on the current knowledge by looking at coercive control more broadly via an open-ended assessment. Interview responses show that (a) coercive control was experienced by most of the women in this sample and (b) coercion most often took the form of “latent” or hidden control, including such tactics as providing incentives, showing remorse, and making promises. However, such latent coercive tactics are rarely assessed in IPV survivors and represent an important factor deserving of further research and recognition.

scholarly journals Social Reactions Received by Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Validation of Key Constructs From the Social Reactions Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
pp. 036168432097566
Author(s):  
Courtney E. Ahrens ◽  
Emily R. Dworkin ◽  
Angela C. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Informal Support ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Female Survivors ◽  
Social Reactions ◽  
The Social

The majority of intimate partner violence survivors tell at least one person about the abuse, and the reactions of these support providers can have a profound impact on survivors’ recovery. In recent years, the Social Reactions Questionnaire (SRQ) has become the predominant measure of social reactions toward intimate partner violence survivors, but the SRQ was developed based on the experiences of sexual assault survivors only. To determine how well intimate partner violence survivors’ descriptions of social reactions from informal support providers align with constructs in the SRQ, we examined qualitative interview data about survivors’ interactions with informal support providers obtained from a larger study with 113 female survivors of intimate partner violence. Excerpts were coded inductively, and a total of 12 types of social reactions emerged. Seven of these social reactions aligned with existing social reactions in the SRQ: (a) emotional support, (b) tangible aid, (c) blame, (d) took control, (e) treated differently, (f) egocentric reactions, and (g) distraction. An additional six reactions emerged as separate constructs, including (h) minimization, (i) told to leave, (j) advice, (k) interventions, and (l) indifference. These findings highlight the need for direct interventions with friends and family members to improve social reactions toward intimate partner violence survivors.

scholarly journals Mathematical Modeling of Hidden Intimate Partner Violence in Spain: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. De la Poza ◽  
L. Jódar ◽  
S. Barreda
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Uncertain Parameters ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
The Government

The fact that women are abused by their male partner is something that happens worldwide in the 21st century. In numerous cases, abuse only becomes publicly known when a fatal event occurs and is beyond any possible remedy, that is, when men murder their female partner. Since 2003, 793 (September 4, 2015) women have been assassinated by their significant other or excouple in Spain. Only 7.2% of murdered women had reported their fear and previous intimate partner violence (IPV) to the police. Even when the number of female victims is comparable to the number of victims by terrorism, the Government has not assigned an equal amount of resources to diminish the magnitude of this hidden social problem. In this paper, a mathematical epidemiological model to forecast intimate partner violence in Spain is constructed. Both psychological and physical aggressor subpopulations are predicted and simulated. The model’s robustness versus uncertain parameters is studied by a sensitivity analysis.

Women as perpetrators of intimate partner violence in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Y. Tenkorang
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ghanaian Women ◽  
Self Defence

Previous studies on intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana focused mainly on male-perpetrated violence, with little emphasis on female-perpetrated abuse and the factors influencing it. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data collected in 2017 from a sample of 2,289 Ghanaian women and applying regression techniques, this study explored the determinants of female-perpetrated violence. Results indicate that a substantial proportion of respondents perpetrated emotional violence against their partners; few used physical or sexual violence. Victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to perpetrate violence against their partners than those who had never been victimised. Women were more likely to perpetrate specific types of violence (physical, sexual or emotional) if they: thought their partners were controlling; expected to encounter violence in the future; thought their relationships had some level of tension; and/or were exposed to violence in their early childhood. The findings provide qualified support for the proposition that women perpetrate violence against their partners for reasons of self-defence but also show that the violence is mutual and bidirectional. The findings point to the complexities of the context of the violence perpetrated by women and suggest that domestic violence interventions should acknowledge these complexities.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Few studies examine female-perpetrated violence in sub-Saharan Africa and Ghana.</li><br /><li>This study fills an important scholarly gap by exploring the determinants of female-perpetrated violence in Ghana.</li><br /><li>Findings provide qualified support for the proposition that women perpetrate violence against their partners for reasons of self-defence, but also show that the violence is mutual and bidirectional.</li></ul>

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