CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Huyal, Simge |
|---|---|
| Title | Understanding the relationship between domestic violence and wider social conflicts: an analysis of the discourse of domestic violence among woman's organizations in Turkey |
| Summary | While in feminist theories the concept of patriarchy has been mainly used in domestic violence studies, other experiences of interpersonal violence such as the militarization of domestic violence that complicates the perpetrator/victim binary is neglected. Adapting an intersectional approach in understanding domestic violence moves beyond the simplistic assertion that theorizes and frames domestic violence merely in relation to patriarchy. Not only sociological and anthropological studies reveal the relationship between wider social conflicts and gender violence, but also feminist theorists in international relations put great effort into raising questions on how international violence affects micro-practices such as the connection between armed conflict and interpersonal violence. The aim of this research is to understand how the intersection of domestic violence and culture of militarism in women’s organizations is understood in the context of highly militarized Turkey. Eight semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with women’s organizations in three different cities, namely Ankara, Diyarbakır and Istanbul. The research findings reveal that women’s organizations are strongly critical about the continuity between societal and interpersonal violence, while this awareness yet remains at a rhetoric level. I argue that although acts in defiance of political forces to fight against domestic violence exist on a (public) rhetorical level, they are still awaiting to be put into practice. |
| Supervisor | Krizsan, Andrea |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/huyal_simge.pdf |
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