Catherine Donovan and Marianne Hester
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447307433
- eISBN:
- 9781447311638
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447307433.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This book provides the first detailed discussion in the UK of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison with DVA experienced by heterosexual women and ...
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This book provides the first detailed discussion in the UK of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison with DVA experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of DVA may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what’s love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The findings show similarities and differences in experiences of DVA across sexuality and gender, although DVA in both same sex and heterosexual relationships can be characterised as the exertion of power and control. There are differences by gender in same sex DVA relationships, with gay men significantly more likely to experience sexual violence and have their spending controlled. Young age, low income and low education predict particular vulnerabilities to DVA in same sex relationships, and being newly out can position somebody as younger and more vulnerable to abuse regardless of biological age. Practices of love are instrumental in establishing relationship rules across sexuality and gender, and are gendered in complex ways: an abusive partner can be needy/express need (associated with femininity) whilst also being the key decision-maker in the relationship (associated with masculinity. The book concludes with implications for practice and service development, including the new COHSAR wheel, building on the Duluth wheel by incorporating intersectionality, relationship rules and practices of love as well as power and control.Less
This book provides the first detailed discussion in the UK of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) in same sex relationships, offering a unique comparison with DVA experienced by heterosexual women and men. It examines how experiences of DVA may be shaped by gender, sexuality and age, including whether and how victims/survivors seek help, and asks, what’s love got to do with it? A pioneering methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative research, challenges the heteronormative model in domestic violence research, policy and practice. The findings show similarities and differences in experiences of DVA across sexuality and gender, although DVA in both same sex and heterosexual relationships can be characterised as the exertion of power and control. There are differences by gender in same sex DVA relationships, with gay men significantly more likely to experience sexual violence and have their spending controlled. Young age, low income and low education predict particular vulnerabilities to DVA in same sex relationships, and being newly out can position somebody as younger and more vulnerable to abuse regardless of biological age. Practices of love are instrumental in establishing relationship rules across sexuality and gender, and are gendered in complex ways: an abusive partner can be needy/express need (associated with femininity) whilst also being the key decision-maker in the relationship (associated with masculinity. The book concludes with implications for practice and service development, including the new COHSAR wheel, building on the Duluth wheel by incorporating intersectionality, relationship rules and practices of love as well as power and control.
Sakurai Yuki
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520267374
- eISBN:
- 9780520950320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520267374.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
In early modern Japan the process of maturation had a significant social dimension. Everyone went through a coming-of-age ceremony, however what it meant depended on the individual’s sex and status. ...
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In early modern Japan the process of maturation had a significant social dimension. Everyone went through a coming-of-age ceremony, however what it meant depended on the individual’s sex and status. In this volume, Nagano Hiroko highlights entry into youth organizations as a crucial step toward manhood in villages. For the male shop clerks analyzed here, the maturation process was marked by travel and acquisition of material possessions. Although the goal was to become an independent business man with a household and descendants, most never achieved this end. Their masculinity had to incorporate perpetual dependency on their employer’s paternalism. This chapter focuses on the crises surrounding the transition and maturation of men and merchant house employees. It focuses on their first entry into the house, their coming-of-age ceremony, and their series of trips to the main store. The merchant house played a crucial role as a benevolent parent to the new recruits who were typically no older than ten or eleven. It established regulations to guide their behavior, supervised their demeanor and their clothing, and shaped their masculine development to its own ends by enforcing a system of live-in employment.Less
In early modern Japan the process of maturation had a significant social dimension. Everyone went through a coming-of-age ceremony, however what it meant depended on the individual’s sex and status. In this volume, Nagano Hiroko highlights entry into youth organizations as a crucial step toward manhood in villages. For the male shop clerks analyzed here, the maturation process was marked by travel and acquisition of material possessions. Although the goal was to become an independent business man with a household and descendants, most never achieved this end. Their masculinity had to incorporate perpetual dependency on their employer’s paternalism. This chapter focuses on the crises surrounding the transition and maturation of men and merchant house employees. It focuses on their first entry into the house, their coming-of-age ceremony, and their series of trips to the main store. The merchant house played a crucial role as a benevolent parent to the new recruits who were typically no older than ten or eleven. It established regulations to guide their behavior, supervised their demeanor and their clothing, and shaped their masculine development to its own ends by enforcing a system of live-in employment.
Lisa Buckner
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847420541
- eISBN:
- 9781447302988
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847420541.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This chapter addresses what local-level analysis reveals about segregation and clustering in the labour market among women. It also extends the argument for analysing disaggregated data to include ...
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This chapter addresses what local-level analysis reveals about segregation and clustering in the labour market among women. It also extends the argument for analysing disaggregated data to include other characteristics that may affect men's and women's labour-market engagement, such as age, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and disability. The chapter then argues that the geographical clustering of similar groups of people, such as students, men, and women from particular ethnic-minority groups, and people who are outside or disconnected from the labour market, is also of critical importance. It is important to note that analysing labour-market indicators at the local level shows that not all labour markets work equally well for all people. Using local data to analyse labour-market engagement also illustrates the geographical clustering of people from some ethnic groups and of men and women in particular economic situations.Less
This chapter addresses what local-level analysis reveals about segregation and clustering in the labour market among women. It also extends the argument for analysing disaggregated data to include other characteristics that may affect men's and women's labour-market engagement, such as age, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, and disability. The chapter then argues that the geographical clustering of similar groups of people, such as students, men, and women from particular ethnic-minority groups, and people who are outside or disconnected from the labour market, is also of critical importance. It is important to note that analysing labour-market indicators at the local level shows that not all labour markets work equally well for all people. Using local data to analyse labour-market engagement also illustrates the geographical clustering of people from some ethnic groups and of men and women in particular economic situations.
Michael A. Messner, Max A. Greenberg, and Tal Peretz
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199338764
- eISBN:
- 9780190226220
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199338764.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter introduces a framework for understanding the historical development of feminist engagements with rape and domestic violence in the United States and men’s emergence as allies. The life ...
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This chapter introduces a framework for understanding the historical development of feminist engagements with rape and domestic violence in the United States and men’s emergence as allies. The life history method used in the research for the book is described, and three men’s stories are introduced to illustrate men’s feminist antiviolence engagements in three historical age cohorts who work to bring about change in institutions like the U.S. military, college sports, and high schools. Two key tensions that are discussed throughout the book are introduced: first, the shift over time from a politicized mass feminist movement to antiviolence work that is increasingly professionalized, bureaucratized, and depoliticized; second, the promise and contradictions that inhere when people from privileged groups (in this case, men) join as allies in a movement for social justice.Less
This chapter introduces a framework for understanding the historical development of feminist engagements with rape and domestic violence in the United States and men’s emergence as allies. The life history method used in the research for the book is described, and three men’s stories are introduced to illustrate men’s feminist antiviolence engagements in three historical age cohorts who work to bring about change in institutions like the U.S. military, college sports, and high schools. Two key tensions that are discussed throughout the book are introduced: first, the shift over time from a politicized mass feminist movement to antiviolence work that is increasingly professionalized, bureaucratized, and depoliticized; second, the promise and contradictions that inhere when people from privileged groups (in this case, men) join as allies in a movement for social justice.
Nicole Seymour
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252037627
- eISBN:
- 9780252094873
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252037627.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This chapter examines the alternate reality of the 2006 novel Half Life, wherein the United States has implemented a program of self-bombing to atone for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This bombing gives ...
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This chapter examines the alternate reality of the 2006 novel Half Life, wherein the United States has implemented a program of self-bombing to atone for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This bombing gives rise to a politicized minority of conjoined twins—modeled satirically on, and overlapping with, queer communities—who then serve as emblems of peaceful, post-nuclear coexistence. In examining Half Life's revision of Atomic Age history, this chapter focuses on the queer ecological implications of its narrative form. This chapter studies the novel's so-called “ironic environmentalism”; in so doing, it builds on previous work in environmentalist rhetoric and establishes irony as a new topic of inquiry for queer ecology.Less
This chapter examines the alternate reality of the 2006 novel Half Life, wherein the United States has implemented a program of self-bombing to atone for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This bombing gives rise to a politicized minority of conjoined twins—modeled satirically on, and overlapping with, queer communities—who then serve as emblems of peaceful, post-nuclear coexistence. In examining Half Life's revision of Atomic Age history, this chapter focuses on the queer ecological implications of its narrative form. This chapter studies the novel's so-called “ironic environmentalism”; in so doing, it builds on previous work in environmentalist rhetoric and establishes irony as a new topic of inquiry for queer ecology.
Andy Dunlap
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781447309673
- eISBN:
- 9781447313526
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447309673.003.0015
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
In order to better understand the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people within the health care and social services systems, researchers must overcome important difficulties ...
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In order to better understand the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people within the health care and social services systems, researchers must overcome important difficulties inherent in trying to query these populations. This chapter addresses some of the challenges associated with internet based survey research with LGBT people. One of the difficulties in surveying these populations is establishing a sampling frame from which to draw. How many LGBT people are there? How should the researcher define sexual orientation? These difficulties are only compounded when researchers begin to examine international experiences of LGBT people. A dissertation project serves as an example in this discussion which was carefully constructed to maximize participation by using a Tailored Design Method and outing the researcher as a member of the LGBT community. A large quantitative sample (n = 1131) and a large qualitative sample (n = 870) were generated. This chapter discusses specific strategies for generating large and diverse samples by exploring both strengths and limitations of this research project. Topics include: outing the researcher; working with gatekeepers; framing the call for participation; and navigating heteronormative IRB systems.Less
In order to better understand the experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people within the health care and social services systems, researchers must overcome important difficulties inherent in trying to query these populations. This chapter addresses some of the challenges associated with internet based survey research with LGBT people. One of the difficulties in surveying these populations is establishing a sampling frame from which to draw. How many LGBT people are there? How should the researcher define sexual orientation? These difficulties are only compounded when researchers begin to examine international experiences of LGBT people. A dissertation project serves as an example in this discussion which was carefully constructed to maximize participation by using a Tailored Design Method and outing the researcher as a member of the LGBT community. A large quantitative sample (n = 1131) and a large qualitative sample (n = 870) were generated. This chapter discusses specific strategies for generating large and diverse samples by exploring both strengths and limitations of this research project. Topics include: outing the researcher; working with gatekeepers; framing the call for participation; and navigating heteronormative IRB systems.
Julia A. Ericksen
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814722664
- eISBN:
- 9780814722855
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814722664.003.0010
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
This chapter explores the challenges faced by aging ballroom dancers. While many amateurs discover the joys of partner dancing in their later years, professional dancers face a relentless emphasis on ...
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This chapter explores the challenges faced by aging ballroom dancers. While many amateurs discover the joys of partner dancing in their later years, professional dancers face a relentless emphasis on youth. Most portrayals of intimacy are only deemed appropriate for young people. Also, an older dancer must be willing to subject himself or herself to visual appraisal, something that is not always easy for an aging body. This chapter considers what life is like for professional dancers after competition ends, whether old dancers retire gracefully or just fade away, and whether they are able to sustain long-term relationships. It also explains how ballroom dancing, and dancing in general, becomes a physically and mentally challenging endeavor for dancers in their later years. Finally, it discusses other issues and concerns that aging dancers of both sexes have to deal with, including injury, physical anxieties, and financial and emotional problems.Less
This chapter explores the challenges faced by aging ballroom dancers. While many amateurs discover the joys of partner dancing in their later years, professional dancers face a relentless emphasis on youth. Most portrayals of intimacy are only deemed appropriate for young people. Also, an older dancer must be willing to subject himself or herself to visual appraisal, something that is not always easy for an aging body. This chapter considers what life is like for professional dancers after competition ends, whether old dancers retire gracefully or just fade away, and whether they are able to sustain long-term relationships. It also explains how ballroom dancing, and dancing in general, becomes a physically and mentally challenging endeavor for dancers in their later years. Finally, it discusses other issues and concerns that aging dancers of both sexes have to deal with, including injury, physical anxieties, and financial and emotional problems.
Samita Sen and Nilanjana Sengupta
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199461165
- eISBN:
- 9780199087006
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199461165.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality, and Mobility, Gender and Sexuality
This chapter explores the narratives in some detail to try and understand the struggles the women are engaged in and how they themselves perceive these. There are many women, usually young married ...
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This chapter explores the narratives in some detail to try and understand the struggles the women are engaged in and how they themselves perceive these. There are many women, usually young married women with young children, who are content and optimistic. Such cases of optimism are usually accompanied by cooperative partners. However, a strong note of pessimism is discerned, often in the accounts of older, feebler women who are still compelled to work for survival. Many times they belong to families who do not cooperate with their aspirations and situation. However, in every case, the well-being of these families is poised on such a thin edge that any misfortune such as ill health in the family or job loss can threaten survival.Less
This chapter explores the narratives in some detail to try and understand the struggles the women are engaged in and how they themselves perceive these. There are many women, usually young married women with young children, who are content and optimistic. Such cases of optimism are usually accompanied by cooperative partners. However, a strong note of pessimism is discerned, often in the accounts of older, feebler women who are still compelled to work for survival. Many times they belong to families who do not cooperate with their aspirations and situation. However, in every case, the well-being of these families is poised on such a thin edge that any misfortune such as ill health in the family or job loss can threaten survival.
