Filling the Silence: Exploring the Bisexual Experience of Intimate Partner Abuse

Head, Sarah; Milton, Martin

doi:10.1080/15299716.2014.903218

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“…Also, the UK bisexuality research showed that some bisexual people have experienced sexual abuse as children, and other studies show that intimate partner abuse can take place amongst bisexuals (Head and Milton, 2014). Sexual violence and abuse will not be addressed in this chapter.…”

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confidence: 97%

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“…Thus, perpetrators who engage in identitybased abuse can draw on societal tropes which position people of diverse genders and/ or sexualities as pathological, deviant, immoral, or in other ways problematic to undermine, punish, and/or control their victims. For example, abusive partners or family members may threaten to out their victim (Brown & Herman, 2015;Grant et al, 2011;Guadalupe-Diaz, 2013;Head & Milton, 2014;Ristock, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Sexual abuse can also be a form of identity abuse. Bisexual people have reported being either expected to enter polyamorous relationships or being forced to be monogamous (Head & Milton, 2014). Transgender people have reported being expected to continue to engage in sexual behaviors associated with their pretransition selves (e.g.…”

Section: Violence In the Relationships Of People Of Diverse Genders Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This latter line of research challenges the assumption that domestic violence only occurs when cisgender heterosexual men are physically violent toward cisgender heterosexual women who are their partners. Over the past decade, this growing body of research has also turned to explore the experiences of bisexual people (e.g., Head & Milton, 2014;M. L. Walters, Chen, & Breiding, 2013) and transgender people (Guadalupe-Diaz & Koontz Anthony, 2017;Rogers, 2017).…”

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People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities Caring For and Protecting Animal Companions in the Context of Domestic Violence

Taylor

Riggs

Donovan

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+ 61 88201 2491 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The first, second and fifth authors would like to acknowledge that they live and work on the lands of the Kaurna people, and to acknowledge their sovereignty as First Nations people. The fourth author would like to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Darumbal people, upon whose land she lives and works. KEYWORDS Gender and sexuality diversity; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer family violence; animal companions. ABSTRACT This paper reports on a thematic analysis of open-ended questions about how humans respond to violence directed towards animals in the context of violent human relationships, derived from an Australian-UK survey of people of diverse genders and/or sexualities. From the 137 responses, three major themes were identified (1) Animals are an important source of support, (2) Humans actively protect animal companions, and (3) Witnessing animal abuse can trigger leaving violent relationships. The findings offer unique insights for practitioners into the help-seeking needs of people of diverse genders and/or sexualities who live with animal companions in the context of domestic violence.

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“…In regards to temporary housing (i.e. shelters), participants in Head and Milton’s (2014) research suggested that they had not accessed a shelter because they perceived that shelters solely service heterosexual women. Bornstein and colleagues (2006) note that for many trans people, shelters may be perceived as unwelcoming, especially if they require disclosure of trans status or require gender segregation, a practice that fails to recognise the needs of gender diverse people (see Parry and O’Neal, 2015).…”

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

2017

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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.

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Filling the Silence: Exploring the Bisexual Experience of Intimate Partner Abuse

Cited by 25 publications

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People of Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities Caring For and Protecting Animal Companions in the Context of Domestic Violence

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

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