RT Article
T1 “It is in the Nature of Men”: The Normalization of Non-Consensual Sex and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women with Acquired Physical Disabilities in South Africa
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 11
SP 2789
OP 2807
A1 Hunt, Xanthe
A2 van der Merwe, Amelia
A2 Swartz, Leslie 1955-
A2 Xakayi, Wendy
A2 Chideya, Yeukai
A2 Hartmann, Laura
A2 Botha, Michelle
A2 Hamilton, Alison
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1898483892
AB This study employed a cross-sectional, qualitative individual interview methodology to explore South African women with physical disabilities’ experiences of intimate partner and sexual violence, inclusive of non-consensual and coerced sexual intercourse. For the participants, disability was a factor that intersected with gender norms to create vulnerability to abuse, and that patriarchal ideologies constructing how women should perform their gendered roles in marriage or sexual partnerships, as well as disability stigma, exacerbated this vulnerability. It is important to develop understandings of the different risk factors for violence – at the individual level and in the context of dyadic relationships – to develop programming to better support women.
K1 Gender
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Disability
DO 10.1177/10778012231172710