000			03497nam a2200337Ia 4500
710			_aNational Collective of Independent Women's Refuges _910092
999			_c3445 _d3445
001			21211
005			20250625151257.0
008			110331s1995 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
082	0		_a362.8292 BRO
100			_aBrown, Karena _9836
245			_aReport on lesbian violence : _bthe hidden face of domestic violence _cBrown, Karena
260			_aWellington, New Zealand _bFamily Violence Unit, Dept. of Social Welfare _c1995
300			_a45, [12] p.
365			_a00 _b0
520			_aThis report is the culmination of two separate pieces of work concerning lesbian domestic violence. The first was a project begun by the Lesbian Refuge Workers Network and funded by the Family Violence Unit, Department of Social Welfare, in 1991. The project subsequently lapsed but was resurrected by the author as part of an Honours degree at the University of Canterbury. The original study involved semi-structured face-to-face interviews with an unspecified number of women who had been either lesbian domestic violence abusers or survivors. Questionnaires were also sent to women's refuges and other organisations providing support services to lesbians. The information from the questionnaires had been summarised and the interviews transcribed. The author analysed 14 of the original interviews, four with abusers, eight with survivors and two with refuge workers. She focused on the following questions: What does the refuge movement offer lesbians who have been abused by their partners? Do lesbians who have been abused feel they are able to seek help within the refuge movement? Is the 'lesbian community' in which they live supportive of them? What help is available for women who abuse? Some women chose to go to refuges to get the help they needed to escape from violent relationships, but not all women received the same degree of assistance. The author considers that traditional gender theory and homophobia are partly to blame for this and for keeping lesbian domestic violence hidden. Much of the theory relating to domestic and family violence perceives it solely as a male problem. The author argues the prevalence of domestic violence within homosexual or heterosexual relationships is similar, and is an issue of power and control. Homophobic prejudices within society at large mean that it is difficult for members of a minority group such as the lesbian community to acknowledge that the problem of lesbian violence does exist, and to ask for and receive support for either the abuser or the recipient of the violence. The author advocates continuing research into the area of lesbian domestic violence through discussions with women in abusive relationships, those who work in the domestic violence area, and members of lesbian communities, to discover why this issue is kept hidden and what can be done to address the situation.
522			_anz
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCOMMUNITIES _9142
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCULTURAL DIFFERENCES _9174
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650	2	7	_2FVC _aOFFENDERS _9413
650	2	7	_2FVC _aVICTIMS _9622
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9348 _aLESBIAN _2FVC
650	2	0	_aLGBTQIA+ _93453
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
710			_aNew Zealand. Department of Social Welfare. Family Violence Unit _92668
710			_aUniversity of Canterbury. _bDepartment of Socioology. _96970
942			_2ddc _cREPORT