000			02117nam a2200265Ia 4500
001			112649
005			20250625151238.0
008			110331s2002 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aParker, Lisa _91862
245			_aLove me long time : _bsafety and risk in heterocoupledom at adolescence _cParker, Lisa
260			_aHamilton _bUniversity of Waikato _c2002
300			_aviii, 279 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
520			_aThis thesis investigates teenage heterosexual relationship safety and risk. It is structured around a reading of the constitution of gendered heterocoupledom, romance, risk and adolescence, and problematises how heterocoupledom is entered into, the labours of love, and young women's responses to harm, abuse, and violence from boyfriends. Interviews with young women and focus groups with young women and men were conducted. It argues that heterocoupledom at adolescence discursively constitutes 'girlfriends' and 'boyfriends' as gendered subjects of safety and risk. The gendering of safety and risk operates to position girlfriends as risk navigators who make pre-emptive and response-able moves. Safety and risk are regarded as disciplinary techniques that regulate girlfriends' performances in relation to defending or maintaining safety and managing risk. The author further argues that this positioning as risk navigators only makes 'sense' when the subject of girlfriend is figured as already unsafe and yet responsible for risk. Boyfriends are argued to be positioned as already safe and capable risk takers within heterocoupledom and this configuration means that young men's engagements with safety and risk remain normalised and unproblematic.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL ISSUES _9177
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3060 _d3060