Is Mutual Violent Combat (MVC) a Gender Neutral Conceptualization of Intimate Partner Violence?  

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Howard-Bostic, Chiquita D.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Arts and Sciences vol. 06 no. 02 (2013), page 361-376.
Fulltext: 06_02_27_Howard-Bostic.pdf (398.96KB)

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Theoretical attention on female perpetrators of partner violence often centers on men’s experiences and theories of masculinity, leaving women’s experiences, motivations, and participating factors largely under-examined. In tandem with current public debates about whether theories on intimate partner violence are gender neutral, this qualitative analysis examines variations of control and physical aggression, and women’s relative motivations during bidirectional violence. A typology introduced in Johnson (2006) identifies mutual violent combat as one of four types of intimate partner violence. During mutual violent combat, two partners who engage in mutual physical aggression partake in a battle for control (Miller and Meloy 2006). This study uses the model of mutual violent combat and findings from focused interviews to describe patterns of control performed by the participants and their partners to explore bidirectional violence. Findings in this study indicate that the mutual violent combat model does not clearly measure women’s use of control tactics, and limits the understanding of how and why women perform hostile bidirectional violence.

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