Comment : thinking about domestic violence in gay male relationships
Christie, Nigel. C
Comment : thinking about domestic violence in gay male relationships Christie, Nigel. C - 1996 - 9 p. ; computer file : World Wide Web - Waikato Law Review .
This article is one of 8 in a special issue of this journal on domestic violence. The whole issue is available here: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/research/waikato_law_review/volume_4,_issue_1,_1996 Waikato Law Review 4(1) 1996 : 180-188
This article discusses the issue of domestic violence in gay male relationships, providing useful information for lawyers in the area of family law and for members of the gay men's community. It is written in response to the Domestic Violence Act (1995) coming into effect which, for the first time, provided homosexuals in New Zealand the opportunity to obtain protection orders against their intimate partners. The dominant paradigm of power and control as it relates to domestic violence is discussed. Comparisons are made between heterosexual relationships and gay male relationships in terms of how domestic violence is perceived and how it is addressed as it relates to the law. The issues of generalised homophobia and institutionalised discrimination are incorporated into the discussion.
ABUSED MEN
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
CULTURAL ISSUES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995
GAY
LEGISLATION
LGBTQIA+
PROTECTION ORDERS
SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND
Comment : thinking about domestic violence in gay male relationships Christie, Nigel. C - 1996 - 9 p. ; computer file : World Wide Web - Waikato Law Review .
This article is one of 8 in a special issue of this journal on domestic violence. The whole issue is available here: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/law/research/waikato_law_review/volume_4,_issue_1,_1996 Waikato Law Review 4(1) 1996 : 180-188
This article discusses the issue of domestic violence in gay male relationships, providing useful information for lawyers in the area of family law and for members of the gay men's community. It is written in response to the Domestic Violence Act (1995) coming into effect which, for the first time, provided homosexuals in New Zealand the opportunity to obtain protection orders against their intimate partners. The dominant paradigm of power and control as it relates to domestic violence is discussed. Comparisons are made between heterosexual relationships and gay male relationships in terms of how domestic violence is perceived and how it is addressed as it relates to the law. The issues of generalised homophobia and institutionalised discrimination are incorporated into the discussion.
ABUSED MEN
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
CULTURAL ISSUES
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995
GAY
LEGISLATION
LGBTQIA+
PROTECTION ORDERS
SAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
NEW ZEALAND