WOW !! MUCH LOVE ! SO WORLD PEACE !
Fond bitcoin pour l'amélioration du site: 1memzGeKS7CB3ECNkzSn2qHwxU6NZoJ8o
  Dogecoin (tips/pourboires): DCLoo9Dd4qECqpMLurdgGnaoqbftj16Nvp


Home | Publier un mémoire | Une page au hasard

 > 

Beliefs and attitudes towards male domestic violence in South Kivu

( Télécharger le fichier original )
par Ndabuli Theophile Mugisho
University of KwaZulu Natal - Master 2011
  

précédent sommaire suivant

Bitcoin is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy

2.3 Theoretical framework on domestic violence

In order to explore violence against women in the context of family, it is important to examine some theories on it. The family's everyday settings about GBV in its form of domestic violence, have taken many different paths. Therefore, I will attempt to sample and outline the theories below as they pertain to domestic violence and are relevant to this research.

The theory of the culture of domestic violence conveys the idea that in big and pluralistic societies, some subcultures develop norms that permit the use of physical violence to a greater degree than the dominant culture (Arias and Pape, 1993:24). Thus domestic violence will occur more frequently in violent societies than in harmonious ones. Peer-relationships that nurture patriarchal authority in the family and use of violence to support it are typical of this subculture. For this reason, this `theory has also produced the theories that examples from pornography and violent images on television can back a culture of domestic violence' (Adams and Fortune, 1995:15).

The theory of ecological attempts links violence in the family to the broader social environment. This includes the culture, the formal and informal social networks of the family, the closer family setting, circumstances and history (Krug et al., 2002:332). This type of context sets up a starting point for a model of domestic assault based on the given principle.

The theory of feminist stipulates the existence of many different ideas within feminist
theory of domestic violence. However, Bograd quoted in Adams and Fortune (1995:39), has

identified four common strains that are the dominant class where men have differential access to material and symbolic resources and women are devalued as secondary and inferior. The second class is where intimate partner abuse is a predictable and common dimension of normal family life. The third stipulates that women's experiences are often defined as inferior because male domination influences all aspects of life and finally, the feminist perspective that is dedicated to advocacy for women.

There is also the bio psychosocial theory. According to Adams and Fortune (1995:39), this concept ties together biological (testosterone levels, alcohol abuse) factors and social factors that move an abuser toward violence in the home. These comprise the level of social stress, quality of the relationship, the income and extent of social support available. The above writer shows that these factors are also psychological as they are concerned with antisocial preferences, aggression, egocentrism and need for gratification or attention.

The theory of resource posits that the decision making power within a given family derives from the value of the resources that each person brings to the relationship. This may indicate financial, social and organizational resources. Since these means are mostly supplied by man, they consequently give him additional power over family members.

The marital power theory is the assumption that shows how power can be classified into three categories that are power bases, power processes and power outcomes (Olson and DeFrain, 2000:254). Power bases consist of the assets and resources that provide the sources for one partner's domination over another. The same writers confirm that power processes also include the interactional techniques that an individual applies to gain control, such as negotiation, assertiveness and problem-solving. Power outcome refers to who actually makes the decision in the home. Based on this theory, the partner who lacks power will be more likely to physically be abused; and in most cases, the man will abuse the woman but on few occasions the opposite proves possible.

And finally, there is the traumatic bonding theory. This concept seeks to explain why
women remain with men who beat them. To Olson and DeFrain (2000:259), two features

have been recognized: the existence of a power imbalance within the relationship, so that the domestic abuser perceives him or herself as dominating the other, and the sporadic nature of the mistreatment or exploitation. This theory postulates that as these power relationships polarize over time, the powerless individual in the relationship becomes increasingly dependent on the dominator. In addition, moments in between abuse are times when positive displays of love and affection cement the legitimacy of the relationship. Vuningoma (2003:66) lists a series of widespread experiences: the domestic abuse victim, here the woman, is deeply pleasant for small sympathy the abuser shows to her; the victim rationalizes acts of domestic violence, victim denies her own anger; the victim feels the need to get inside the abuser's head in order to know how to please him; the victim often sees the world from the abuser's perspective and last but not least the victim shows signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.

All the above theories are related to violence and the category of violence this research discusses is domestic violence.

précédent sommaire suivant






Bitcoin is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy








"Je voudrais vivre pour étudier, non pas étudier pour vivre"   Francis Bacon