Type:	Journal Article
Title:	'I'm not sexist, but...': how ideological dilemmas reinforce sexism in talk about intmate partner violence
Other Titles:	Discourse & Society
Authors:	Savage, Matthew W Palazzolo, Kellie E Harris, Kate Lockwood
Keywords:	Theories of violence;Community attitudes
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	23 (6), November 2012
Notes:	In order to extend knowledge about the communicative aspects of intimate partner violence (IPV), we ask how those who talk about IPV frame the relationship between gender and power. How does their framing account for the role of gender in IPV perpetration? A critical discourse analysis of conversations from focus groups and interviews reveals that when participants talk about IPV, they rely on ideological dilemmas in available understandings of the relationship between gender and power. As participants use disclaimers, competing interpretive repertoires, and extreme case arguments to navigate these dilemmas, their talk closes space for a critique of gender and power that considers systemic factors and benevolent sexism. Instead, participants focus more on individual pathology and the most overt forms of sexism. The tensions that produce this closure may also reveal contradictions that provide opportunities for reshaping public conversations about IPV and its relationship to gender and power.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/15158
ISSN:	0957-9265
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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