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Re-Theorizing Intimate Partner Violence through Post-Structural Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Sociology of Gender

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  • Clare Cannon

    (School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA)

  • Katie Lauve-Moon

    (School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Fred Buttell

    (School of Social Work, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

In this article, we apply three theoretical frameworks, poststructural feminism, queer, and sociology of gender to the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV) in order to better account for heterosexual female perpetration and same-sex IPV. Although the traditional feminist paradigm—that assumes men use violence as an extension of patriarchy against their female victims—has been useful in explaining some instances of IPV, it does not adequately frame instances of heterosexual female perpetration and IPV in same-sex relationships. Therefore, in this article we seek to add to existing literature by re-theorizing IPV using poststructural feminism, queer, and sociology of gender perspectives, and their attendant understanding of power as dynamic, fluid, and relational and gender as both interactional and structural, in order to open up new ways of framing IPV and encourage new lines of empirical research resulting in better policy proscriptions and treatment interventions.

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  • Clare Cannon & Katie Lauve-Moon & Fred Buttell, 2015. "Re-Theorizing Intimate Partner Violence through Post-Structural Feminism, Queer Theory, and the Sociology of Gender," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-20, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:4:y:2015:i:3:p:668-687:d:55369
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    1. Blosnich, J.R. & Bossarte, R.M., 2009. "Comparisons of intimate partner violence among partners in same-sex and opposite-sex relationships in the United States," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(12), pages 2182-2184.
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    2. Marrow, Elliot & Malik, Mannat & Pantalone, David W. & Peitzmeier, Sarah, 2024. "Power and control, resistance and survival: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature on intimate partner violence against transgender individuals," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 342(C).

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