Journal
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Volume 28, Issue 10, Pages 2312-2333Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/10778012211034206
Keywords
intimate partner violence; South Africa; alcohol abuse; gender-based violence
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- MRC/DFID African Research Leader Scheme (UK)
- South African Medical Research Council
- School of Foreign Service Summer Academic Grant at Georgetown University
- Provost's Pilot Research Project Grant at Georgetown University
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The intersecting issues of intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol abuse in South Africa are often characterized as disasters. Ethnographic research shows a consistent relationship between excessive drinking patterns and IPV, with findings suggesting that domestic violence measures should include questions about stress. The authors argue against pathologizing the relationship between IPV and alcohol abuse, instead focusing on how violence within the home has become a normalized disaster in structured ways.
The intersecting issues of intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol abuse in South Africa are often characterized as disasters. Ethnographic research among women in Soweto demonstrates the different manifestations of IPV, perceptions of abuse, and coping mechanisms to manage harmful domestic relationships. Findings suggest a consistent relationship between excessive drinking patterns and IPV-most significantly, physical and emotional abuse-while indicating that domestic violence measures should include questions about stress. The authors also argue against pathologizing the relationship between IPV and alcohol abuse, to instead center the structured, sedimented ways that violence within the home has become a normalized disaster.
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