“My Body Came Between Us”

Rich, Karen

doi:10.1177/0886109914522626

Cited by 21 publications

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“…We believe this to be one of the first qualitative studies that explores the context of women’s lives when they are living with a probable TBI from IPV. This study verifies existing literature on health consequences of TBI from IPV in women: anxiety, depression, gastrointestinal disorders, stroke, sexually transmitted diseases, and heart disease (Campbell, 2002; Ford-Gilboe, Varcoe, Wuest, & Merritt-Gray, 2011; Kwako et al, 2011; Rich, 2014).…”

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Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women’s Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

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There is increasing evidence that women are receiving a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during episodes of intimate partner violence (IPV), but little qualitative research exists around how surviving this experience impacts the lives of women. Primary and secondary data ( N = 19) were used with a constructivist grounded theory approach to explore the lives of women aged 18 to 44 years, who were living with a TBI from IPV. Women described multiple aspects of living in fear that shaped their daily lives and ability to seek help and access resources. The central process of prioritizing safety emerged, with salient dimensions of maintaining a present orientation, exhibiting hyperprotection of children, invoking isolation as protection, and calculating risk of death. These findings add to the growing body of knowledge that women living with IPV are at high risk for receiving a TBI and are therefore a subgroup in need of more prevention and treatment resources.

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Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women’s Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

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“…Moreover, South Africa has extremely high rape statistics-one in four South African men have ever reported rape perpetration (Jewkes et al, 2011). The intersections between violence and gender in South Africa reveal hegemonic cultural values and norms that prescribe men's roles in society that condone 2006; Rich, 2014), and partners are likely to be the most common perpetrators of violence against women with disabilities (Barrett, O'Day, Roche, & Carlson, 2009; Barranti & Yuen, 2008;Copel, 2006;Hague, Thiara, & Mullender, 2011;Krnjacki, Emerson, Llewellyn, & Kavanagh, 2016;Smith, 2008). It is particularly their low sexual and body esteem that are factors contributing to their vulnerability to intimate partner abuse (Hassouneh-Phillips & McNeff, 2005).…”

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Additional Layers of Violence: The Intersections of Gender and Disability in the Violence Experiences of Women With Physical Disabilities in South Africa

Heijden

Abrahams

Harries

2016

J Interpers Violence

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South Africa has unprecedented levels of violence and many South African women are exposed to violence during their lifetime. This article explores how gender and disability intersect in women's experiences of violence during their lifetime. Repeat in-depth qualitative interviews with 30 physically disabled women in Cape Town reveal that women with physical disabilities are exposed to various forms of violence, and shows how their impairments shape their violence experiences. The most common forms of violence women with disabilities experience are psychological violence, financial abuse, neglect, and deprivation, with disability stigma playing a central role and contributing to how women with disabilities are exploited and dehumanized. Constructions of women as asexual shape their sexual relationships and experiences of sexual violence. This article identifies that women with disabilities are more at risk and experience additional layers of violence than women without disabilities. These additional risks and layers of violence need to be recognized and inform interventions to prevent and respond to violence against women with disabilities in the country. Prevention of violence against women with physical disabilities in South Africa needs to address the role of disability stigma that shapes the types of violence they experience, change gender norms, and create accessible and safe environments and economic empowerment opportunities.

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Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

Hunt

Braathen

Rohleder

2021

Physical Disability and Sexuality

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In this chapter, we will explore the intersections of physical disability and femininity. We look at how societies’ ideas about disability influence the way women with physical disabilities are viewed and view themselves as sexual beings. Using a combination of background literature and qualitative data from our photovoice study, we explore how social representations of femininity and expectations for women may negatively affect women with physical disabilities’ sense of themselves. We include pictures, written texts, and stories produced by some of the female participants from the project.

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“My Body Came Between Us”

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women’s Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

Living in Fear and Prioritizing Safety: Exploring Women’s Lives After Traumatic Brain Injury From Intimate Partner Violence

Additional Layers of Violence: The Intersections of Gender and Disability in the Violence Experiences of Women With Physical Disabilities in South Africa

Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities

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