Theorising masculinity and intimate partner violence

Berggren, Kalle,1980-Stockholms universitet,Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen (author)

This chapter discusses different historical and contemporary approaches to men, masculinity and intimate partner violence. We present radical feminism and its analysis of men’s violence as an effect of patriarchal society, as well as a contribution to its upholding. We then discuss socialist feminist contributions to understanding masculinity and violence where the emphasis instead lies on diversity, historical change and situated action. Next, we turn to ‘accounts research’, which deconstructs how men talk about, explain and justify their violence, and to psychosocial criminology, which instead stresses the psychological history of the perpetrator, albeit within the context of structural inequality. We also consider what we call social network approaches, particularly male peer support theory, which foregrounds the role of the relational setting as a mediator between social structure and individual action. Finally, we discuss intersectional perspectives, which foreground the interconnectedness of different forms of social inequality, such as gender, sexuality, race and class. We conclude by suggesting the need for more dialogue between on the one hand research on gender and violence and on the other contemporary developments within interdisciplinary feminist theory.

Gottzén, Lucas,1977-Stockholms universitet,Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen(Swepub:su)lfors (author)
Bornäs, Hanna,1983-Stockholms universitet,Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen(Swepub:su)hborn (author)
Stockholms universitetBarn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

In:Men, masculinities and intimate partner violenceAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. | : Routledge, s. 34-5197803672348989780429280054

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