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Stories of Backlash in Interviews With Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Sweden

Author(s) -

Maria Wemrell

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

violence against women

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.807

H-Index - 96

eISSN - 1552-8448

pISSN - 1077-8012

DOI - 10.1177/10778012221088312

Subject(s) - backlash , empowerment , narrative , subordination (linguistics) , domestic violence , thematic analysis , agency (philosophy) , poison control , psychology , resistance (ecology) , gender studies , feeling , narrative inquiry , social psychology , suicide prevention , patriarchy , qualitative research , sociology , political science , medicine , engineering , medical emergency , mechanical engineering , social science , philosophy , law , ecology , linguistics , biology

Despite high gender equality ratings, Sweden shows a high prevalence of intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). Suggested factors underlying this apparent paradox include backlash effects against women's empowerment. This study explores stories of backlash in interviews with 23 IPVAW survivors in Sweden. Thematic analysis identified categories of narrative segments referring to phenomena provoking violence; the victims' resources , agency , breaking with gender norms and resistance , and the partner's feelings of subordination , while case-centered narrative analysis pointed to divergences between how these categories appear in the stories. The study underscores the complexity of links between gender (in)equality and IPVAW in Sweden.

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