The purpose of this thesis is to increase the knowledge about men’s violence against women in intimate partner relationship. The thesis is answering the following questions: how does research published within the timeperiod of 2010- 2021 describe and discuss the definition, meaning and extent of men’s violence against women in intimate partner relationship, what theoretical perspecitives and reasons can be found within the research and what does the research have to say about interventions to remedy the problem. Three theoretical perspectives are applied to analyse the data: intersectionality, power and social constructionism. The method used in this thesis is a thematic analysis. The result of this study shows that research do not agree upon how men’s violence against women in intimate relatioships should be understood and conceptualized and that there is a tendency to mix different concepts which creates confusion. The study shows that there are two major perspectives which dominates the field; the gender power perspective and family violence perspective. Furthermore, this thesis shows that there are no exact numbers regarding how widespread this problem is. Though, research agrees upon that tolerant attitudes towards violence and stereotypical gender roles contributes to a high level of violence towards women. Finally, this thesis shows that empowerment- oriented interventions are dominating in the field but is not without risks for women to take part in.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-38030 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Enochsson, Elin, Sundquist-Boox, Matilda |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Gävle, Socialt arbete |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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