Analysis of the Concept of Femicide

Femicide is intrinsically part of gender-based violence, and the two are inevitably linked at all levels. Yet, despite having a common origin, there is a need to analyze femicide as a problem that must be recognized, in social and legal terms, as having its own, particular features. To achieve this, an analysis of 102 concepts was carried out through a frequency count in Google Scholar, followed by their categorization, saturating in six dimensions: economic, social, legal, political, ethical, and cultural. The methodology used a higher-order association of hierarchies by establishing a dyad-triad-tetrad model that shows only the most representative combinations extracted from the definitions of greater weight and scope. From this, it emerges that the current concept of femicide is defined on the basis of a dual social-ethical category in view of its frequency of use in Google. This highlights the distance between what, a priori, seems to implicitly allow for any definition of femicide and the existing reality that favors private or institutional interests.

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How Sustainability Is Defined: An Analysis of 100 Theoretical Approximations

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math9111308 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 1308

Author(s):

Arturo Luque González ◽

Jesús Ángel Coronado Martín ◽

Ana Cecilia Vaca-Tapia ◽

Francklin Rivas

Keyword(s):

A Priori ◽

Higher Order ◽

Current Concept ◽

Frequency Count ◽

Frequency Of Use ◽

Social Environmental ◽

Definition Of

Sustainability processes are imperfect, hence there is a need to analyze their construction, evolution and deployment. To this end, a sample of one hundred sustainability constructs was taken, together with their conceptual approaches, in order to gauge their impact and to ascertain the dimensions to which they belong. A frequency count and categorization were carried out using Google, which saturated in seven dimensions: economic, social, environmental, legal, political, ethical and cultural. A higher-order association of these hierarchies was then proposed, establishing a triad model that indicated only the most representative combinations of dimensions resulting from the extraction of the most significant definitions. From these definitions and in accordance with their frequency of use in Google, it is inferred that the current concept of sustainability is based on the economic-social-ethical category. This highlights the distance between what, a priori, seems to implicitly allow any definition of sustainability and the existing reality.

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Gender Perspective in Research on Interventions in Children with Experiences of Parental Gender-Based Violence: Application of GPIHR Criteria

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182111047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (21) ◽

pp. 11047

Author(s):

Benjamín Pereira-Román ◽

Concepción López-Soler ◽

María Vicenta Alcántara López

Keyword(s):

Gender Bias ◽

Web Of Science ◽

Cochrane Library ◽

Future Research ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Gender Perspective ◽

General Terms ◽

Parental Gender ◽

Gender Based ◽

Definition Of

The aim of this study was to analyse the inclusion of a gender perspective (GP) in scientific production on interventions for a reduction in psychological distress in children who have experienced parental gender-based violence (CEXPGBV). To achieve this, a review of publications was carried out in the Web of Science, EBSCOhost, ProQuest and Cochrane Library databases. A total of 3418 records were found, and 44 items of research selected. For GP analysis, the questionnaire “Gender perspective in health research” (GPIHR) was applied and relationships with the terminology of violence were analysed, as well as the definition of term used, references to violence by men or received by women and the instruments used to assess these. Generally, the assessed studies do not contain a GP, since 70% of the GPIHR items were answered negatively. Likewise, 89% of research used general terms to refer to violence without referring to gender. These results show the importance of considering instruments such as GPIHR in both the planning and development of future research in order to avoid possible gender bias.

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Fallacies of Consumerism

10.4018/978-1-6684-2523-7.ch004 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 78-101

Author(s):

Arturo Luque González

Keyword(s):

Common Good ◽

Higher Order ◽

General Interest ◽

Frequency Count ◽

Social Transformations ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

Frequency Of Use ◽

The Social ◽

The Common ◽

Determining Factor

The concept of consumerism brings together many of the social transformations that serve as predictors of present and future behaviors and act as vehicles for today's society. Its evolution is diffuse and corresponds to different periods of history that have incorporated the characteristics of desire, superficiality, and exclusivity that drive new needs and potentialities. Its importance underlies the need to analyze 46 theoretical approaches through their categorization in six dimensions and frequency count in Google Scholar. The methodology used a higher-order association, establishing the most significant combinations and weightings. From these results, the concept of consumerism is defined by the economic-social-cultural-ethical categories according to its frequency of use in Google. This shows economic influences as a determining factor, over and above processes that are far from the common good or the general interest.

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Forced Marriage Real Simple

Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence ◽

10.7590/266644720x15989693725685 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 25-47

Author(s):

Hannah Baumeister

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

International Criminal ◽

Criminal Court ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Forced Marriage ◽

The Public ◽

The Difference ◽

Gender Based ◽

Everyday Realities ◽

Definition Of

The concepts of 'real rape' and 'real rape victim' play a key role in the reporting and prosecution of rape cases and strongly influence their outcomes. Similar biases and misconceptions obscure other acts of gender-based violence such as forced marriage in times of armed conflict. This paper analyses how the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the International Criminal Court construct and reconstruct the concepts of a 'real' and 'simple forced marriage'. It argues that the difference lies in the elements of consent, coercion, duration and purpose. The paper highlights the gendered everyday realities in which myths surrounding conflict-related forced marriage are embedded and then taken for granted and accepted as normal, contributing to the denial, downplay or justification of acts of violence against women. It argues that by reinforcing these concepts, courts miss an opportunity to educate the legal community and the public about women's experiences in peace and wartime and to develop a definition of the crime of forced marriage that reflects women's realities.

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Implications and Asymmetries of the Knowledge Society

10.4018/978-1-6684-3374-4.ch008 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 154-176

Author(s):

Arturo Luque González

Keyword(s):

Common Good ◽

Knowledge Society ◽

Higher Order ◽

General Interest ◽

Frequency Count ◽

Frequency Of Use ◽

New Meanings ◽

The Subject ◽

The Common ◽

Determining Factor

The term knowledge society brings together many of the transformations that are taking place in today's society, and its definition serves as an indicator of these changes. The related concentrations or asymmetries that arise from the phenomenon are also the subject of analysis and dispute. Its development and scope have been uneven, constantly incorporating new meanings to the existing terminology, hence the need to analyze 82 concepts of the knowledge society through a frequency count in Google Scholar, with a subsequent categorization saturating in six dimensions, in order to analyze their framing. The methodology used a higher-order association, establishing the most significant combinations and weightings. From these results, the concept of the knowledge society is defined by the dual economic-social category, according to its frequency of use in Google. This shows economic influences as a determining factor in the knowledge society, engendering processes far from the common good or the general interest.

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International Human Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Local Discourses of Abuse in Postconflict Liberia: A Problem of “Culture”?

African Studies Review ◽

10.1353/arw.2012.0037 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 119-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Sharon Abramowitz ◽

Mary H. Moran

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

International Human Rights ◽

Personal Rights ◽

International Human ◽

Rights Discourse ◽

Gender Based ◽

Definition Of ◽

Local Discourses ◽

Human Rights Discourse

Abstract:In this article we draw on three years of ethnographic observation of postconflict humanitarian intervention in Liberia to consider the process whereby global efforts in the areas of gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights are interacting with local debates over kinship, entitlement, personal rights, and social responsibility. This article draws upon Liberian narratives, complaints, and efforts to regulate, in a national context, social norms and behavior in regard to gender-based violence issues in postconflict life while also engaging with an ongoing international human rights discourse on the subject of GBV. Our ethnography takes a multiscalar approach to give a sense of the process, multiple discourses, and dialectics of power involved in this issue, and to demonstrate how the definition of “the GBV problem” in Liberia, the target of complex GBV interventions, is different from the conception held by agencies, governmental ministries, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that are responsible for implementing global mandates.

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Combatir la violencia contra las mujeres políticas:

Investigaciones Feministas ◽

10.5209/infe.72868 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 623-637

Author(s):

Pablo Castaño

Keyword(s):

Political Violence ◽

Political Representation ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Major Influence ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Las Mujeres ◽

Gender Based ◽

Definition Of ◽

Made In

Introduction. Violence against women in politics (VAWP) is a specific form of gender-based violence that is receiving growing attention from research, because it threatens the progress made in women’s political representation. However, there are few works on how to design legislation against VAWP. Objectives. This article contributes to filling this gap by analysing how the Bolivian legislation influenced norms of VAWP drafted and passed by other countries and international organisations in Latin America, the country where more efforts of this kind have taken place – the 243/2012 Bolivian Law on Political Violence and Harassment against Women was the first law on VAWP in the world –. Methodology. The research draws on qualitative content analysis of the legislation and semi-structured interviews with Bolivian women’s activists, officials and MPs. Results, conclusions and discussion. I argue that four specific features of the Bolivian legislation have had a major influence on other norms on VAWP: (i) a wide and detailed definition of VAWP; (ii) the attribution to the electoral organ of competences to prevent VAWP; (iii) the establishment of political parties’ responsibilities; (iv) the (incomplete) adoption of an intersectional perspective.

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Denial of gender-based violence: introduction to the problem

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2019090106 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 85-95

Author(s):

S.E. Retsya ◽

Z.V. Lukovtseva

Keyword(s):

Empirical Research ◽

Emotional Responses ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Psychological Mechanisms ◽

The Subject ◽

Gender Aspects ◽

Gender Based ◽

And Gender ◽

Definition Of

The subject of this article is denial of gender-based violence. The author discusses the formulation of the definition of this concept and proposes a hypothetical scheme of possible manifestations of the denial of gender-based violence. The basis of this scheme lay the assumption that negation not is always simultaneously affected, and violent, and gender aspects of the situation. Depending on how comprehensive is the denial, differentiated between partial and full versions of the discussed phenomenon. The question is raised about the practical need to take into account not only a meaningful interpretation of gender-based violence, but also direct emotional responses to the collision with this phenomenon. The proposed assumptions regarding the possible psychological mechanisms of denial of gender-based violence, the perspectives of future empirical research in the designated area. It is pointed out, in particular, the need for further study of the denial of gender-based violence in people directly involved in what is happening and observing violence from outside.

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Rape is Rape: The Need to Criminalise Marital Rape in Tanzania

East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies ◽

10.37284/eajis.2.1.225 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 113-123

Author(s):

Fatuma A Mgomba

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Married Woman ◽

The Other ◽

Equal Treatment ◽

Marital Rape ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Gender Based ◽

Definition Of ◽

Significant Opportunity

It is obvious that marriage in a patriarchal community is the backbone of society on which the whole definition of society lies. The desire to get married and stay married often overrides the risks of gender-based violence a woman faces in the marriage institution. A married woman is instructed to stay married, be obedient to her husband and never say no to his sexual demands regardless of his behaviour. Generally, women are taught to tolerate and accept acts of domestic violence (including marital rape) perpetrated against them. On the other hand, a man’s conjugal rights included his right to have sexual intercourse with his wife when he pleased. The equal treatment of women and men under the law is vital to ensuring the recognition of women as full citizens and ensuring their freedom from violence. Therefore, the criminalisation of marital rape in Tanzania constitutes a significant opportunity to enact laws which effectively proscribe marital rape specifically and violence against women generally.

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Second Order of Sexual Harassment - SOSH

Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research ◽

10.17583/remie.0.2505 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ana Vidu ◽

Rosa Valls ◽

Lidia Puigvert ◽

Patricia Melgar ◽

Mar Joanpere

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Second Order ◽

Social Aspects ◽

Science And Society ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Joint Actions ◽

Gender Based ◽

Definition Of

Gender-based violence cannot be overcome without a wide social support for the victims, which is dramatically limited by the violence against those who take an active stand in favor of survivors. The struggle against sexual violence requires simultaneous actions to protect both the direct victims of sexual harassment and the victims of second order sexual harassment -SOSH-. Although the first definition of SOSH comes from 1990 (Dziech & Weiner, 1990) there has been a lack a research on the issue, despite its social and scientific importance. The objective of this article is two-fold: a) to provide a concept of SOSH useful to present developments for science and society, through identifying specific situations of persons and those with whom they work and have suffered SOSH; b) to disclose the main contributions to face these situations through several social aspects on legal, university, citizenship, media and political perspectives. Using a qualitative methodology we conclude by highlighting the need for developing joint actions of the whole society to identify and legislate the SOSH, while empowering survivors and the ones who support them, in an attempt of eradicating gender-based violence.

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