We to Me: An Autoethnographic Discovery of Self, In and Out of Domestic Abuse

Fletcher, Megan

doi:10.1080/07491409.2017.1423526

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“…Emotional abuse can make the victim feel as if they have no control over their lives. Fletcher (2018) states, It felt as though all of my decisions were dictated by this other person. What I wore, whom I spoke to, what I did with my time and money-all were decided or heavily influenced by him.…”

Section: Emotional Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Abusers self-dehumanize, love, and comfort their partners and once they feel as if they have regained their humanity, they go back to the abusive behavior. Abuse in a relationship can take many different forms; the two categories typically established within domestic violence are physical abuse and emotional abuse (Fletcher, 2018).…”

Section: Abusive Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Physical and emotional abuse include experiences of humiliation, emotional manipulation, and physical assault within a romantic relationship (Fletcher, 2018). Fletcher (2018) argues in an autoethnography that "abuse is chaotic and cannot be fully articulated by, or neatly parceled into, preexisting constructs such as psychological partner aggression, romantic attachment, and negative relational maintenance" (p. 47). The types of abuse often occur in tandem with each other, making it difficult to separate one from the other.…”

Section: Abusive Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, emotional abuse is closely linked to verbal abuse (Brown, 2018). Verbal abuse includes toxic language and aggressive verbal attacks that can impact the victim not only mentally (Fletcher, 2018). In their study, Abowitz, Knox, and Zusman (2010) found that undergraduates who were most likely to report emotional abuse were women, those who ranked as a senior, those in a friends-withbenefits relationship, those who sought a partner online, romantic students who believed in love at first sight, those who had previously experienced intimate partner violence, or those who had experienced previous sexual victimization.…”

Section: Emotional Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Victims who are facing emotional abuse can have difficulty separating themselves from their abuser (Fletcher, 2018). Emotional abuse can make the victim feel as if they have no control over their lives.…”

Section: Emotional Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Polite Abuser: Using Politeness Theory To Examine Emotional Abuse

Alvarez¹

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Over the last few decades more and more cultural attention has been paid to intimate partner violence, especially emotional abuse. Follingstad, Rutledge, Berg, Hause, and Polek (1990) established that emotional abuse fell into six distinct categories; however, little attention had been paid to how abusers can utilize polite communication to hurt their partner. Equally, Brown and Levinson's politeness theory (1987) had never been applied to problematic communication until Austin's (1990) face attack acts model. This study aimed to understand how polite communication can be used as a form of emotional abuse. In-depth, semi structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants who self-identified as having been in a former romantic relationship with a partner who hurt their feelings, made them feel bad about themselves, or manipulated them. The utterances were categorized according to Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory and Austin's (1990) face attack acts model of politeness. The utterances used by both abusers and their victims were then analyzed using thematic analysis. Abusers used all six of Austin's face attack act strategies, and victims responded using three of Brown and Levinson's four politeness strategies. Each strategy resulted in themes that abusers would utilize to hurt their partner. Implications of the study, limitations, and future research are then discussed.

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Section: Emotional Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Abusive Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%