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Bolton, Robert and Leane, Máire and Ó Súilleabháin, Fiachra and Edwards, Claire and Fennell, Caroline (2024) "Wherever there's men, it can happen": constructions of violence against women by young adults in Ireland. Violence Against Women, 30, (5), pp. 1175-1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221150273.

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Given the growing concern about perpetration of violence against women (VAW) amongst young adults, this article examines how a sample ( = 27) of Irish young adults (18-24 years) construct the term VAW. Participants drew on personal experiences to describe the term and were cognisant of the gendered perpetration of domestic, psychological, and sexual violence. A group of participants, however, constructed narrow understandings of VAW that did not align with their routinized experiences of unwanted touching and sexual microaggressions. We call for initiatives to enable young adults to name and link together different forms of VAW.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Crime prevention
Date
2024
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221150273
Page Range
pp. 1175-1197
Publisher
Sage
Volume
30
Number
5
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