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Type: Journal Article
Title: "A fool to keep staying": battered women labeling themselves stupid as an expression of gendered shame
Other Titles: Violence against women
Authors: Enander, Viveka
Keywords: Representations of women;Theories of violence;Leaving/Staying
Year: 2010
Publisher: Sage Publications
Citation: 16 (1), January 2010
Notes:  In this qualitative study with women who have left abusive heterosexual relationships, the informants labeling themselves stupid:is investigated. Several different meanings ascribed to stupidity:were found, with feeling stupid for allowing oneself to be mistreated and for staying in the abusive relationship as main themes. Four frames for interpreting the findings are presented: abusive relationship dynamics, gendered shame, the gender-equality-oriented Nordic context, and leaving processes. It is proposed that feeling— and labeling oneself—stupid is an expression of gendered shame or, more explicitly, of battered shame:.
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URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12925
ISSN: 1077-8012
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