A Queer Theorist’s Critique of Online Domestic Violence Advocacy: Critically Responding to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Web Site

Shelton, Samuel Z.

doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1374060

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“…Implicit in compulsive heterosexuality is that a 'weaker' female body is seen as vulnerable to violence from a 'stronger' male body thereby assuming that gendered violence results in women being vulnerable to violence from men, but not from other women (Ristock, 2011). Consequently, as Sara highlights, the severity and seriousness of violence in LGBT+ relationships is often downplayed, which means that victims often face additional barriers in leaving violent relationships (Shelton, 2017).…”

Section: Lgbt+ Identities and Domestic Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…LGBT+ victims may not be aware that their experience constitutes abuse (Shelton, 2017), may be reluctant to seek assistance from domestic violence workers (Bornstein, Fawcett, Sullivan, Senturia, & Shiu-Thornton, 2006), and may even be excluded from receiving adequate, or even any, assistance (Ristock, 2011). The impacts of heteronormativity, as Sara indicated through her own experience at the intersection of domestic violence and organisations, is that only certain heterosexual identities are legitimated as the objects of organisational inclusion and assistance.…”

Section: Lgbt+ Identities and Domestic Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

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I am undone by these women: Identity and change in a feminist domestic violence organisation

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<p>The six words of the title, ‘I am undone by these women’, embody the interconnected dimensions of this thesis. Simultaneously, this thesis is a personal transformational project (the ‘I am’); a series of theorisations of the relationship between identity and change in the context of the community sector (the ‘undoing’); and a textual space through which I share the working lives of my participants and victims of violence (the ‘these women’). My experiences as a volunteer ethnographer sit at the heart of this thesis. The ethnographic project was undertaken in the community sector, with a feminist domestic violence organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Through this project, I became committed to the social justice cause of my colleagues and participants: ending violence against women. My thesis aims to (re)create the textures of the working lives of my colleagues and participants. To represent these textures, I suffuse emotions and contradictions into this thesis through writing personally and subjectively and through adopting a rhizomatic (non-linear) structure in order to foster affective connections between the reader, the writer, my colleagues, and victims of violence. The ‘undoing’ in this thesis relates to how my theorisations developed over this project through a mixture of my own emerging understandings of identity, reflections on my ethnographic experience, and on issues salient to the working lives of my colleagues. My thesis traces the lines of my thinking about the relationships between identity and change in the context of the community sector, showing how they shifted before, during, and after my ethnographic experience. My thesis is structured into five parts. Each part acts as a semi-independent node of thought; following similar lines about identity and change but flourishing in different intellectual territory. This rhizomatic structure emphasises how feeling identity during my fieldwork changed how I thought about identity for my thesis. Or in other words this structure maps how my thinking became ‘undone’ and the relevance of this undoing for understanding identity and change. Initially, I map my thinking about the concept of identity as situated in the Critical Management Studies literature, particularly in relation to the work of Judith Butler and narrative theory. In the further parts of the thesis, I follow some of these initial lines of thought, but circle away from others. One part contributes to the literature about alternative organisations. In this part, I argue that strong emotions are important for fostering collective responsibility in alternative organising – here for victims of violence. Another part contributes to the literature on the gendered body. Here, I argue that gender identity becomes unsettled through the body in domestic violence work because of repetitive exposure to gender violence. Accordingly, both celebrating and reconsidering gender identity in domestic violence work can help to achieve change for all women subjected to violence. In a further part, I contribute to literature on the micro-politics of identity. I argue that storytelling about feminist identity can help to foster solidarity in the context of the community sector. Ultimately, this thesis puts the emphasis on the different ways identity and change are interlinked; there is no centre point to the argument. In the vein of autoethnography, the ‘undoing’ and ‘these women’ are also understood through an exploration of who ‘I am’ as a scholar. I understand the thesis to be a formative process through which the doctoral student learns what it means to be a researcher in their field. I map how my identity as a researcher was unsettled as I came into contact with domestic violence work and workers. In this way, I also explore what is learnt about identity and change on a personal level.</p>

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Section: Lgbt+ Identities and Domestic Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Lgbt+ Identities and Domestic Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

I am undone by these women: Identity and change in a feminist domestic violence organisation

Weatherall¹

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“…However, these barriers are likely to be magnified for Rainbow people, as they are for other groups who are not seen as the 'typical ' IPA victim (i.e., men, minority ethnicities;Dixon et al, 2023;Gover et al, 2015;Laskey et al, 2019), due to the heteronormativity that is embedded within societal support services. Many scholars argue that the heteronormativity of IPA interventions explains why Rainbow people are less likely to recognise aggression and unhealthy behaviours in their relationships and thus are less likely to seek help (e.g., Donovan & Hester, 2014;Duke & Davidson, 2009;Guadalupe-Diaz & Jasinski, 2017;Laskey et al, 2019;Morgan et al, 2016;Shelton, 2018;Turell & Herrmann, 2008). People in the Rainbow community who perceive a greater level of heteronormativity in society are, therefore, likely to experience many barriers to seeking help for IPA.…”

Section: Sociostructural Barriers To Help-seekingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…People in the Rainbow community who perceive a greater level of heteronormativity in society are, therefore, likely to experience many barriers to seeking help for IPA. Specifically, people will face barriers of expecting heteronormative conceptualisations of 'victimhood' (i.e., victims are often portrayed as passive and feminine; Baker et al, 2013;Donovan & Hester, 2014;Guadalupe-Diaz & Jasinski, 2017;Shelton, 2018), limited knowledge about Rainbow people in IPA support services (e.g., Guadalupe-Diaz & Jasinski, 2017;Messinger et al, 2021;O'Doherty et al, 2016), and a greater likelihood of experiencing discrimination and stigma from providers (e.g., Guadalupe-Diaz & Jasinski, 2017;Hassouneh & Glass, 2008).…”

Section: Sociostructural Barriers To Help-seekingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, if they are 'out' but their partner is not, they may still be unable to talk to people in their life about this (Duke & Davidson, 2009). Furthermore, having to reveal their gender/sexual orientation to seek help increases the vulnerability experienced and lessens the control they may have in the situation (Shelton, 2018). As such, we would expect that greater perceived heteronormativity will result in less help-seeking due to Rainbow people not wanting to disclose information about their or their partner's gender/sexual orientation.…”

Section: Existing Research On Help-seeking For Ipa In the Rainbow Com...mentioning

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Barriers to Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner Aggression in the Rainbow Community

D'Cruz

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<p>People in the Rainbow community (i.e., people of diverse genders/sexualities) experience greater rates of intimate partner aggression (IPA) than the general population and have fewer help-seeking pathways available. However, current models of help-seeking, like the intimate partner violence stigmatisation model, are based on experiences of cisgender heterosexual women samples, and therefore exclude experiences of people with diverse genders and sexualities. The current research examines possible barriers for people in the Rainbow community that are underinvestigated, including perceptions of societal heteronormativity—the societal belief that being cisgender and heterosexual is the norm—and the extent to which help-seeking barriers differ between formal sources of support (e.g., police, counsellors) and informal sources of support (e.g., friends, family). In Study 1A (N = 363), structural equation modelling indicated a significant positive association between perceived societal heteronormativity and self-focused barriers (e.g., feeling too ashamed or guilty to seek help) but not with other-focused barriers (e.g., expecting unfair treatment). Instead, Rainbow people perceived greater other-focused barriers when considering formal compared to informal sources of support. Study 1B aimed to understand perceptions of barriers to help-seeking held by people in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Rainbow community, including the different perceived barriers to informal compared to formal sources of support. A reflexive thematic analysis of interviews focusing on the experiences of 10 people identified four themes: (1) Who can hold the status of being a ‘victim’?; (2) The heightened importance of autonomy; (3) Formal supports need Rainbow competency; and, (4) Judged by the outside in. The themes illustrated that Rainbow people perceive barriers at all stages of the help-seeking process, from initial identification to the decision to seek help, support selection, and actual help-seeking behaviours. Results illustrated the need to consider forms of stigma in the help-seeking process and thus extended the intimate partner violence stigmatisation model of help-seeking for IPA. Altogether, help-seeking pathways for IPA are generally inaccessible to people in the Rainbow community. IPA interventions for the Rainbow community require education and support systems for informal and formal support pathways.</p>

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Conceptualizing Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence in Queer Relationships

Bermea

Eeden‐Moorefield

2023

J Fam Viol

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A Queer Theorist’s Critique of Online Domestic Violence Advocacy: Critically Responding to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Web Site

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

I am undone by these women: Identity and change in a feminist domestic violence organisation

I am undone by these women: Identity and change in a feminist domestic violence organisation

Barriers to Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner Aggression in the Rainbow Community

Conceptualizing Johnson’s Typology of Intimate Partner Violence in Queer Relationships

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