Understanding abuse in young people's intimate relationships : female perspectives on power, control and gendered social norms / Ceryl Teleri Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Ceryl Teleri, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Violence against.

Young women.

Intimate partner violence.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 149 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2023.

Summary:

Gender-based violence is explored from the perspective of young women in this essential guide for those working with young people.

Contents:

Front Cover

Understanding Abuse in Young People's Intimate Relationships: Female Perspectives on Power, Control and Gendered Social Norms

Copyright information

Table of Contents

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Framing young women's voices

'Doing gender' and the influence of social norms

Goffman's presentation of self

The research study

The feminist nature of this research: empowering young women as 'active agents'

Young voices: shaping the research tools

Reflections

2 The nature and patterns of abuse in young intimate relationships

Naming and defining the issue

Review of the evidence

Patterns in prevalence data

The nature and patterns of abuse

Coercive control and 'his mood'

Sexual coercion and abuse

Physical violence and abuse

3 Gender norms and young intimate relationship roles

Gendered norms and attitudes

Young women's attitudes to abuse and dating

Young women's aspirations for their intimate relationships

Relationship progression and courtship norms

Gender norms and relationship roles

The idea of 'love', pleasure and desire

Reflections: the power of gendered norms

4 The gendered 'doing of sex': sexual double standards

Schooling sexual identities

Slags and angels: the 'doing of sex'

Reflections: diverging paths of attitudes and experiences

5 The nature of online abuse

Gender norms, online control and surveillance

Sending 'nudies' and 'nudes'

6 Promoting healthy relationships: a whole-community approach

Recent debates on prevention education

Exploring media campaigns

Developing prevention education

Barriers to accessing support

The role of peer support

Healthy relationship education: a whole-community approach

Key principles of a whole-community approach.

Whole-community approach toolkit

Assessment

Recommendations for programme design in schools

Programme delivery

7 Active empowerment and reshaping gendered social norms

Attitudes, gender norms and abuse

Gender norms, social media and online abuse

Well-being, identity and abuse

A whole-community approach

The future: recommendations for research, policy and practice

Research

Policy

Practice

Final thoughts

Appendix Pen pictures: interview participants

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

References

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-6270-5

1-4473-6269-1

OCLC:

1389791995