RT Article
T1 “It Was All Wrong and Shameful to Beat Her”: Discursive Analysis of Men’s Talk of Intimate Partner Violence
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 3/4
SP 705
OP 725
A1 Dery, Isaac
A1 Akurugu, Constance Awinpoka
A1 Baataar, Cuthbert
A2 Akurugu, Constance Awinpoka
A2 Baataar, Cuthbert
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1835662749
AB In this article, our aim is to foreground men's discourses on gender-based violence as linked to gendered hierarchies, power struggles, and social respectability in Ghana. Situated within decolonial feminist theories and drawing on interviews, we argue that men's interpretations of masculinity and the possibility of perpetrating violence against women is significantly mediated by such intersectional factors as sociocultural background, education, and broader societal normative requirements. The findings deepen the understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions that characterize men's talk of violence. The article discusses how these ambiguities and contradictions serve as important domains for engendering critical attitudes toward violence against women.
K1 Northern Ghana
K1 gendered hierarchies
K1 Decoloniality
K1 gender-based violence
K1 hegemonic masculinities
DO 10.1177/10778012221083332