The Contexts of Abuse for Transgender Survivors

Transgressed ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 24-50
Author(s):  
Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Research Participants

Intimate partner violence occurs within a broader cultural and social context that shapes distinct realities for transgender survivors. This chapter further develops the initial context introduced in the introductory chapter by providing an overview of trans issues while introducing the lives of research participants within the broader social structure that cultivates violence experienced by transgender individuals. The chapter provides additional details about their identities and the initial stages of their intimate relationships.

scholarly journals Building a New Intimate Relationship After Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in Victim-Survivors of South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yejung Ko ◽  
Sihyun Park
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Abusive Relationship ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

Intimate partner violence (IPV) refers to harmful acts occurring among members of an intimate relationship. Many studies have explored individuals’ experiences of IPV as well as its consequences; however, so far, few studies have explored the lives of IPV victim-survivors after escaping from the violent relationship and the experiences of building new intimate relationships. Thus, the purpose of this study was to understand the young female adults’ experience of building a new intimate relationship after ending their abusive relationship. This study used a qualitative phenomenological design to understand the women’s lived experiences in their own voices, as suggested by Giorgi. In total, 13 young female adults in South Korea were recruited and interviewed. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. Drawing on the interview data, we constructed the structure of their experiences through identifying five themes: (I) having difficulty in meeting new people, (II) starting to build a new relationship based on trauma, (III) struggling to escape the boundaries of the abuser, (IV) learning about healthy intimate relationships, and (V) something’s wrong again. The findings were meaningful in that they showed how victim-survivors clearly needed care and support even after they escaped from their abusive relationships and began new ones. In addition, we found that some of them entered into another abusive relationship with their new partners. Finally, this study informs researchers and health professionals across the world about the experiences of IPV victims within specific cultural background. We hope that the findings of this study will contribute to building various interventions and programs for victim-survivors of IPV.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Messinger
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
English Language ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
Language Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Policy

This chapter invites readers into the hidden world of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and queer (LGBTQ) people. It begins by debunking common myths of LGBTQ IPV, myths that have been shaped in part by homophobia, transphobia, and a historic emphasis on heterosexual-cisgender (HC) relationships in the global IPV-prevention movement. Unfortunately, even today, these myths contribute to systemic failings in how LGBTQ IPV is addressed throughout the world. Collectively, these myths and the lack of concrete support for LGBTQ victims have rendered LGBTQ IPV largely invisible. This chapter—and, indeed, the book—contends that many answers to this problem actually already exist in research, if only they could be extracted. With this in mind, the goal of this book is to comprehensively review the past forty years of LGBTQ IPV English-language research from throughout the world—the first book to do so. Just as significantly, the book mines this literature for evidence-based tips regarding future policy, practice, and research, tips that are shared at the close of each chapter. This introductory chapter concludes with a brief guide to the upcoming chapters and the terminology used throughout the book.

Undermining Transgender Survivors

2020 ◽  
pp. 62-88
Author(s):  
Amanda Koontz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Transgender Identity ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
The Social ◽  
Almost All

This chapter examines the theoretical underpinnings as to how transgender people experience intimate partner violence, in a social context dominated by romantic love ideals and the gender binary. It examines how abusers manipulate transgender-specific insecurities and discredit identities through controlling gender transitions and other aspects of transgender identity construction. The processes of identity work—that is, constructing oneself as an image in relation to one's self-concept and perceptions of others’ reactions—influence almost all realms of life. Given the social context and distinct experiences corresponding with transitions, this chapter explores transgender peoples’ identity work as a potential site for identity abuse, identifying two altercasting strategies of retroverting (reinforcing past, undesired identities) and maneuverting (making desired identities unachievable by holding idealized traits and props over victims). In so doing, this chapter also considers ways in which discrediting identity work offers insight into “why victims stay” in abusive relationships within the context of transgender intimate partner violence.

scholarly journals Social context and drivers of intimate partner violence in rural Kenya: implications for the health of pregnant women

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail M. Hatcher ◽  
Patrizia Romito ◽  
Merab Odero ◽  
Elizabeth A. Bukusi ◽  
Maricianah Onono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Rural Kenya

A Population-Based Study of the Prevalence and Distinctiveness of Battering, Physical Assault, and Sexual Assault in Intimate Relationships

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1208-1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige Hall Smith ◽  
Gloria E. Thornton ◽  
Robert Devellis ◽  
Joanne Earp ◽  
Ann L. Coker
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Physical Assault ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Population Based Study

The types of violence subsumed under the term intimate partner violence include physical assault, sexual assault, psychological abuse, and battering. This study is the first to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence by type (battering, physical assaults, and sexual assaults) in a population-based sample of women aged 18 to 45. The authors describe the prevalence of partner violence by type as well as the demographic, health behavior, and health status correlates of intimate partner violence by type. Findings support the empirical distinction of battering and assault. Battering as measured by the Women's Experiences With Battering (WEB) Scale provided the most comprehensive measure of intimate partner violence.

Intimate Partner Violence outside the Binary

Transgressed ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Gender Binary ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Theoretical Overview

The introductory chapter situates the discussion of intimate partner violence within its current rigidly gendered framework. The chapter introduces the reader to the historical backdrop of how we have come to acknowledge IPV as a social problem and how dominant forms of thinking within the genderist and heteronormative frameworks have marginalized those who exist outside the gender binary. This chapter presents a theoretical overview of the state of IPV in the United States and introduces the key concepts of the gender binary, heteronormativity, genderism, and transphobia as they relate to understanding the survivors’ stories. Finally, the first chapter introduces the study that the book is based on and provides a summary of the study design and a table of participants.

Youth intimate partner violence: barriers and bridges during the ending process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Korkmaz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Abusive Relationships ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
Ending Process ◽  
The Relationship

A substantial body of existing research offers valuable knowledge about how victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) manage to leave abusive partners. To date, however, such studies have focused on adult women. The present article focuses on abusive youth relationships and how they end, adopting an intersectional approach to place analytic focus on youth, gender and sexuality as societal positions. The data consist of in-depth ‘teller-focused’ interviews with 18 IPV victims aged 17–23 in Sweden. The theory-driven analysis brings to the fore a multilevel Ending Process presenting ‘barriers’ and ‘bridges’ on three levels: the societal, the social and the individual. Societal norms, social arenas and individual factors are all shown to affect youth victimisation as well as the relationship ending process. Gender norms seem to be key in understanding IPV among young women, as they appear to present a challenge to ending abusive relationships. It is important to acknowledge violence in youth intimate relationships and to consider the whole of a young person’s experience of IPV. Researchers, practitioners and policymakers need to be sensitive to how different societal positions interact and affect youth victimisation and young people’s ability to end abusive relationships.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>It is important to acknowledge violence in youth intimate relationships and to consider how the experience of IPV may vary according to young people’s societal positions.</li><br /><li>Societal norms, social arenas and individual factors are all important aspects in understanding youth victimisation of IPV, as well as the relationship ending process.</li><br /><li>Gender norms seem to be key in understanding IPV among young women, as they appear to present a challenge to ending abusive relationships.</li></ul>

Re(Dis)Covering and Recreating the Cultural Milieu of Margaret Garner

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delores M. Walters
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Extreme Form ◽  
Cultural Milieu ◽  
The World

This introductory chapter focuses on Margaret Garner's story. In 1856, Garner killed her two-year-old daughter and attempted to kill her other three children rather than see them returned to slavery. Her act of infanticide represents the most drastic and extreme form of woman-centered resistance to the brutality of slavery. As such, Garner's desperate solution to “save” her children continues to capture people's interest. Her story symbolizes the impossible choices that were forced upon African Americans burdened by the institution of slavery. It is also relevant to present-day women's resistance to intimate partner violence. Indeed, the theme of women and violence is a continuing reality in the United States and the world.

scholarly journals Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Power in Intimate Relationships in HIV Testing Services in Nairobi, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 2409-2420
Author(s):  
Nicole Haberland ◽  
Charity Ndwiga ◽  
Katharine McCarthy ◽  
Julie Pulerwitz ◽  
Rose Kosgei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Hiv Testing Services
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