Hello again! This piece was sent to me from a reader of the
blog – thanks for your contribution! Highlighting the importance of an
international approach, the reader wanted to share this piece from the UK.
The paper discusses a survey instrument that was created and
implemented that aimed to assess domestic violence in same-sex relationships.
The authors of this piece wanted to be able to assess domestic violence in
same-sex partnerships but also be able to compare behavior across opposite-sex
and same-sex couples. The questionnaire included many different sections that
addressed different aspects of violence.
This survey was unique in that it utilized a feminist
approach. The purpose of this was so that the instrument would be sensitive to
the power and gender dynamics of domestic violence. In this study, more than
1/3 of respondents (38.4%) reported having experienced domestic violence.
Important to note from the findings of this project is that
people in same-sex relationships consider and experience combinations of
violence (physical, sexual, and emotional) as having the greatest impact.
Citation: Hester, Marianne, Catherine Donovan, and Eldin Fahmy.
(2010). Feminist epistemology and the politics of method: surveying same sex
domestic violence. International Journal
of Social Research Methodology, 13 (3), 251-263.
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