Web resource:	http://www.adfvc.unsw.edu.au/RR_docs/SargentMears_Morethansurvival.pdf
Type:	Report
Title:	More than survival : project report one for older women
Authors:	Mears, Jane Sargent, Margaret
Keywords:	Older people
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Older Women Speak Up, [Bundeena
Notes:	See also 'Survival is not enough : project report two for professionals', 'Older women speak up : violence in the home' and 'Lifetime stories of violence in the home' on our Research & Resources database. Reports on the project out of which emerged a booklet titled “Older women speak up”. The first-hand experiences of older women to violence within the home are presented in a non-academic fashion, with older women being the target group. The project aimed to alter how violence against older women was understood and responded to: as a shared social problem rather than one confronting individuals. That violence against women of all ages is hidden and invisible, as well as the lack of understanding by ‘experts’ and their traditional neglect of social variables in analysing violence are also examined, from a gender power relations perspective. The themes emerging from the women’s stories include: the charming-outside-devil-inside husband; recognising violence; how self-esteem is undermined; living in fear; surviving and getting help; deprived of money and home; effects of drinking; violent parents; violence against children – lasting effects; leaving the violence; violence through the generations; carers abused and abusing; the silence of women protects the perpetrator; changing the violent situation; and independence and empowerment. The story sessions themselves engendered a sense of empowerment for some women.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19411
ISBN:	9780958044615
Physical description:	48 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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