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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1456| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Not specified |
| Title: | Marital rape. Empirical analysis : discursive problematisation of social phenomena from an intercultural perspective |
| Authors: | Nef, Susanne |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-1456 |
| Published in: | Artha - Journal of Social Sciences |
| Volume(Issue): | 16 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page(s): | 1 |
| Pages to: | 22 |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2017 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Christ University |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Bangalore |
| ISSN: | 0975-329X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Social work; Intercultural research; Marital rape; Perceptual patterns |
| Subject (DDC): | 303: Social processes 362: Health and social services |
| Abstract: | Violence against women is one of the main social problems worldwide. The present article states that perceptions of violence are historically and socially constructed, and the legal status of an act of violent behaviour lies therefore in the social response to this specific behaviour. Thus, marital rape and its recognition are discussed as a new boundary mark because of greater social sensitivity on violence. From an intercultural social work perspective, it is highly relevant to learn more about perceptions of social problems in general and about perceptions of different kinds of violence in particular, to identify potential barriers with the aim to plan adequate interventions. The article presents findings from expert interviews related to the perception and the intervention structure contextualised by the discourse on marital rape in India. It concludes six main implications for intercultural social work, such as (1) support for empathy, (2) strengthening couple interaction, (3) inclusion of peer-educators, (4) strengthening women‘s negotiating competence, and (5) sensitization work. The main finding (6) states that in all of these settings, the role of the family system should not be underestimated, and whenever possible couple counseling should be considered. Viewed against the background of the highly individualised Swiss society, this is a finding, which needs to be taken into careful account in Swiss intercultural social work. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/1472 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Social Work |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Diversity and Social Integration (IVGT) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Soziale Arbeit |
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Nef, S. (2017). Marital rape. Empirical analysis : discursive problematisation of social phenomena from an intercultural perspective. Artha - Journal of Social Sciences, 16(2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1456
Nef, S. (2017) ‘Marital rape. Empirical analysis : discursive problematisation of social phenomena from an intercultural perspective’, Artha - Journal of Social Sciences, 16(2), pp. 1–22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1456.
S. Nef, “Marital rape. Empirical analysis : discursive problematisation of social phenomena from an intercultural perspective,” Artha - Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 1–22, Nov. 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1456.
NEF, Susanne, 2017. Marital rape. Empirical analysis : discursive problematisation of social phenomena from an intercultural perspective. Artha - Journal of Social Sciences. November 2017. Bd. 16, Nr. 2, S. 1–22. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1456
Nef, Susanne. 2017. “Marital Rape. Empirical Analysis : Discursive Problematisation of Social Phenomena from an Intercultural Perspective.” Artha - Journal of Social Sciences 16 (2): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1456.
Nef, Susanne. “Marital Rape. Empirical Analysis : Discursive Problematisation of Social Phenomena from an Intercultural Perspective.” Artha - Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 16, no. 2, Nov. 2017, pp. 1–22, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1456.
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