RT Article
T1 Agency and Paternalism: Balancing Acts Between a Domestic Violence Survivors’ Task Force and a State Coalition
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 10
SP 1655
OP 1677
A1 Miller, Susan L.
A2 Kafonek, Katherine
A2 Iovanni, LeeAnn
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1761550519
AB This research explores the dissonance between feminist ideology and practice as it manifests in an activist group of intimate partner violence/aggression (IPV/A) survivors under a state coalition on domestic violence serving multiple stakeholders. A gendered organizations framework reveals the activist group resisting paternalism and colonization in their efforts to achieve their goals and maintain their identity. Two-and-a-half years of observational field work reveals a complex dynamic, simultaneously feminist and patriarchal, with the activist group experiencing growing pains and internal conflict, emotion regulation, as well as empowerment. We offer suggestions for further exploration of the ways survivor–activist groups and coalitions can pursue collaborative partnerships.
K1 Empowerment
K1 Survivors
K1 feminist ideology
K1 IPV
DO 10.1177/1077801220947179