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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:. |
URI: | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12925 |
ISSN: | 1077-8012 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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