000			02573nam a2200337Ia 4500
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005			20250625151240.0
008			110331s2001 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aMcLeod, Shona _91686
245			_aExploring the 'second closet' : _ba discursive exploration into the silencing and acknowledgement of family violence within the bounds of lesbian relationships _cMcLeod, Shona
260			_c2001
300			_a177 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Public Health at the University of Otago. Available for loan from Otago University's Canterbury Medical Library.
520			_aThis thesis is an exploratory study into the 'second closet' from which lesbians must emerge in order to acknowledge the violence that they experience within the bounds of a lesbian relationship. It examines the discursive strategies that Pakeha lesbians use to acknowledge and silence the existence of family violence in lesbian relationships. This research has been carried out under the broad theoretical umbrella of feminist research using a discourse analytic method of analysis. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with 10 self-identifying lesbians residing in Christchurch during 2000. All women in the study acknowledged the existence of family or domestic violence in lesbian relationships. The definition of violence as gendered silenced the existence of violence within lesbian relationships, as men perpetrate violence and women are victims of it. This gendered definition is described by all participants in this study and occurs on three levels: the individual, the lesbian community and the generic community. The basis for future study, challenging social practices surrounding lesbian violence, informing training programmes to include lesbian violence and targeting lesbian domestic violence interventions to empower, is set, and recommendations for future study and changes in social practices are made.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL DIFFERENCES _9174
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650	2	0	_aLGBTQIA+ _93453
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMEDIA _9367
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_aSAME SEX RELATIONSHIPS _9266
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_2FVC _aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9348 _aLESBIAN
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3123 _d3123