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{"title":"Perpetuation of rape myths through news reporting on Intimate partner violence: A Transitivity Analysis of Asma Aziz case","authors":"Naveed Akram ,&nbsp;Musarat Yasmin ,&nbsp;Ayesha Sohail","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103038","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sexual violence against women is a serious global issue that has still been persistent in different forms and manifestations. Intimate partner violence is a significantly overlooked form of violence against women, lacking recognition in numerous countries. There are no specific articulated laws to check this violence. It shapes and is shaped by how people consider this form of violence. This paper studies news reporting on the Asma Aziz case (2019), a high-profile case of intimate partner violence, as reported in the mainstream Pakistani print media. Transitivity system from Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics is taken to study how rape myths are perpetuated through news reporting on such sensitive cases of sexual abuse. The study's findings demonstrate that news reports predominantly employ transitivity processes that focus on the actions and experiences of the victims rather than the perpetrators, often framing these actions in a way that implies victim provocation or responsibility for the violence. This pattern of reporting serves to perpetuate rape myths, subtly endorsing societal biases that blame victims of intimate partner violence. Such linguistic choices in media can influence public perception by reinforcing unjust stereotypes and diminishing the accountability of the aggressors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103038"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feminist therapeutic work in Turkey: Addressing a vital need","authors":"Ayce Feride Yilmaz","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103037","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Feminist psychology has a small but fundamental presence in Turkey, where a deep-rooted socio-cultural and political patriarchy exacerbates gender-based violence and femicides. This qualitative study draws on four feminist clinical psychologists working or volunteering at the Purple Roof Women's Shelter Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey. It reports on why they consider feminist-informed psychological work significant, how they implement feminist principles in their work, in what ways they view feminist work as compatible or incompatible with mainstream approaches, and how feminist principles guide their clinical work. A patriarchal constellation affects women's mental health, but feminist informed psychoanalytically oriented work can counteract disempowering emotions and gender norms. The study indicates that feminist psychologists implement feminist therapy even when it clashes with mainstream approaches, devise creative initiatives to stand against state patriarchy, and achieve solidarity with their clients in ways that transcend the therapy room.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103037"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exposing pornography's true nature: A conceptual framework","authors":"Meghan Donevan","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article challenges the consumer-centric view of pornography, which overlooks the exploitation and abuse of individuals documented in its production. The lack of conceptual clarity surrounding the nature of pornography obscures these abuses, leading to significant consequences for those affected. To address this, a conceptual framework is proposed—rooted in the lived experiences of individuals documented in pornography, informed by feminist scholarship, and grounded in the principle that technology-facilitated sexual violence is equivalent to its offline counterparts. The framework begins by asking the critical question, “What is the nature of the act that has occurred?” before examining the implications of its documentation and dissemination as pornography. Understanding the nature of the act, alongside its documentation and dissemination, is crucial for establishing the realities of pornography, exposing exploitation and abuse, correcting public perceptions, and informing policy and legal reform. By exposing the underlying nature and consequences of pornography, this framework aims to transform public discourse and drive the development of robust protection and support systems for those directly harmed by pornography.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103029"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can consanguineous marriages explain intimate partner violence in Pakistan?","authors":"Saeeda Batool","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) presents a substantial public health challenge, particularly in developing nations such as Pakistan. Within the patriarchal framework of Pakistani society, power dynamics are predominantly skewed in favor of husbands. This imbalance is influenced by both consanguineous (within-family) and non-consanguineous (outside-family) marital arrangements. Utilizing data from the Demographic and Health Surveys of Pakistan for the years 2012–13 and 2017–18, this study investigates the prevalence of IPV in consanguineous versus non-consanguineous marriages. Additionally, it examines the potential mitigating effects of a woman's education, her autonomy in decision-making, and her involvement in choosing a spouse. Our regression analysis indicates that women in non-consanguineous marriages experience less severe physical violence and are less likely to sustain injuries from such violence. Further, our moderator analysis reveals that a woman's education, her ability to make decisions, and her participation in spouse selection can decrease the likelihood of IPV in non-consanguineous marriages. Interestingly, our findings suggest that women in consanguineous marriages encounter less IPV. The study also explores the impact of media access on IPV, finding no significant correlation. Despite the low prevalence of alcohol consumption among husbands (4 %), our data indicate a higher incidence of IPV among women whose husbands consume alcohol.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"109 ","pages":"Article 103039"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143176673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research trends on the intricate dimensions of divorce among women: A bibliometric analysis","authors":"Sujatha Giridhar Elisetty,&nbsp;Ravi Shanker Datti","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Divorce is one of life's distressing experiences. Increasing divorce rates disrupt not just the lives of individuals but also the broader social fabric. Divorce profoundly affects the circumstances of divorcees, impacting their social, financial, physical, mental and emotional well-being. Divorce has a greater adverse effect on women's health, quality of life, self-determination, circumstances, autonomy, and social connections. The present study focused on divorce and women by performing a bibliometric analysis of 435 SCOPUS publications to examine their global productivity and intellectual structure. The analysis revealed that the United States of America produced the most documents, especially in the top journals with the most cited authors identifying the direct consequences of divorce and correlations among its negative effects. Bibliometric and co-citation analyses identified the research categories and areas of study that could guide future research and policy efforts to reduce negative consequences while supporting women to work toward improved mental health and a more satisfying post-divorce life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 103028"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The struggle for identity among Black professional women who are widowed: A South African feminist perspective","authors":"Matlabe-Danke Sizakele","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article focuses on lived experiences of Black professional women who are widowed in South Africa and seeks to show that they are often victimized by their patriarchal culture during spousal bereavement. Widowhood is one of life's major transitions which takes on innumerable shapes and forms in different cultures and contexts. This is qualitative research, undergirded by cultural victimology theory to explore the stages of victimhood that are associated with widowhood. Research findings reveal that professional women who are widowed, such as those interviewed for this study, are likely to have their well-being, economic strength, autonomy, and identity vitiated by their community on becoming widows. Some of the intricacies of bereavement in South Africa points to a need for dialogue to educate widows, families of the bereaved as well as communities about the rights of widows. There is an urgent need to teach widows about their basic rights as they are enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 103012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intersectionality in gender inequality among women: Adopting policies to minimise unpaid care burden on rural women in north-western Ghana","authors":"George Nanko Dery ,&nbsp;Eric Duorinaah ,&nbsp;Samuel Ziem Bonye","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103020","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103020","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Though poverty appears feminised in sub-Saharan Africa, rural women are more susceptible to poverty and suppression compared to women in urban areas. State care policies are not sufficient to ameliorate the conditions vulnerable women are confronted with; occasioned by intersectionalities with gender. It is against this backdrop that this study examined intersectionalities with gender that exacerbate inequalities with unpaid care work and the accessibility of public policy initiatives that address unpaid care work burden. The study adopted a mixed research design using focus group discussions, in-depth and structured interviews as data collection methods and questionnaire and interview guide as instruments of data collection. The results show that disproportionate unpaid care burden on rural women was weightier as a result of intersectional variables of vulnerability and suppression including place of residence (Rural/Urban), marital status, family size, occupation and gender. The study further discovered that state led care policies have not been undertaken in tandem with gender transformational policies that are capable of increasing women's representation in governance processes and control over their time in order to balance paid and unpaid care roles. Also, a rural development policy framework that emphasized rural water supply, rural electrification etc. has not been pursued rigorously in rural areas ever since the policy was introduced in the 70s in Ghana. The resultant effect is poor access to gender responsive social services in rural areas. The study recommends the application of care policies in tandem with gender transformation polices to empower vulnerable women. The study further recommends the institution of an affirmative action policy at the local level in harmony with the affirmative action Act recently passed by the parliament of Ghana to provide employment guarantees and increase representation of rural women in local governance and rural development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 103020"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142722423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of pregnant women's childbirth beliefs on fear of childbirth","authors":"Büşra Çubukçu ,&nbsp;Safiye Ağapinar Şahin","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research links pregnant women's childbirth beliefs to their fear of childbirth. Data was collected from 292 pregnant women who visited the Non –Stress Test Room of a hospital in northern Turkey between March 22 and December 4, 2023. The simple linear regression model the model was significant and usable (F = 10.633, <em>p</em> = 0.001). The increase in pregnant women's belief that birth is a medical process (<em>t</em> = 3.261, p = 0.001, β = 5.693) caused a statistical increase in their fear of childbirth. The most important variable that predicts the fear of childbirth variable of pregnant women is belief that childbirth is a medical process. In this Turkish sample, beliefs that childbirth is a natural process are more common than beliefs that childbirth is a medical process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 103017"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Kinship support and coping with infertility: A qualitative study of women struggling with infertility from Delhi-NCR, India","authors":"Apoorva Sharma ,&nbsp;Ravin Srivastava ,&nbsp;Rashmi Patel ,&nbsp;K.N. Saraswathy ,&nbsp;Manju Puri ,&nbsp;Nandita Babu ,&nbsp;Chakraverti Mahajan","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In cultures across the world, attaining motherhood is considered to be an essential part of a woman's life. Inability to have children can have personal and social implications. At the personal level, it can cause distress among women. At the societal level, women have to face discrimination and isolation, all of which take a toll on their mental health. The present study aims to understand how support from kinship networks, particularly spousal and familial support might facilitate or act as barriers to better coping with the stress, anxiety and depression caused by infertility among women living with infertility. The study was part of a larger research project funded by the National Commission for Women, India, it included qualitative interviews with 30 infertile women, comprising 15 high scorers in at least two mental health variables (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression) and 15 low scorers with minimal scores in at least two of these variables. Grounded theory was employed for data analysis and interpretation. Upon interviewing the women, it was found that important factors supporting coping in women were spousal and family support. Further it was found that these factors promoting good mental well-being did not function separately but were in conjunction with each other. We argue that kinship support is fundamental to coping with infertility in India, and that emotional support and understanding provided by partners and loved ones can be critical in enhancing and maintaining the mental well-being of women dealing with infertility.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"108 ","pages":"Article 103018"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142705181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Montenegrin gender ‘protections’ and the limits of gender equality laws","authors":"Milena Aćimić Remiković ,&nbsp;Laura Sjoberg","doi":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wsif.2024.103011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Our basic argument is that Montenegro has an approach to gender equality law that appears and claims to be gender-progressive but actually (sometimes intentionally sometimes not) perpetuates gender subordination. What looks like a lack of effective enforcement of gender equality provisions is, we argue, actually much more complex. Gender equality laws can be deployed in ways that contravene real equality goals. We also argue that Montenegro it is not alone in the apparent internal contradiction of having high-quality gender laws ‘on the books’ and unexpectedly poor results. Instead, similar situations are widespread, and gender equality legal discourses often lack adequate tools to conceptualize and address their complexities. We propose, then, a different analytical approach to gender equality law that takes into account contradictions in, and regressions inherent in, (some) gender equality policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47940,"journal":{"name":"Womens Studies International Forum","volume":"107 ","pages":"Article 103011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142659034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}