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Gender: Hegemonic Lens for Making Sense of Violence Against Women and Partner Violence

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This chapter focuses on gender theory of violence and on the role of feminist movements in constructing knowledge on male VAW. In this gender violence discourse, men and women occupy opposite gendered positions: While men are the active aggressors, women are the passive victims, and VAW is treated as a specific form of violence that stem from patriarchal culture. This chapter also shows how the discourse on VAW has colonised institutions, has been used by political elites to support agendas not necessarily linked to women’s rights and feminist principles, and how VAW is portrayed in the media.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The WHO definition of violence, restricted to interpersonal violence, is: ‘the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, or against a group or community that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation’ (p. 2).

  2. 2.

    For a methodological critique of surveys on VAW undertaken in other countries I would suggest the following readings: Elisabeth Badinter (2006); Christina Hoff Sommers (1994); McElroy (2016).

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    Cresto-Dina, D. (2009, 3 May). Veronica, addio a Berlusconi. ‘Ho deciso, chiedo il divorzio’. La Repubblica Online. Retrieved from http://www.repubblica.it/2009/04/sezioni/politica/elezioni-2009-2/veronica-divorzio/veronica-divorzio.html (accessed 30 September 2015).

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    De Gregorio, C. (2011, 19 January). Esistono altre donne. L’Unità online. Retrieved from http://www.unita.it/donne/dove-siete-donne-diciamo-ora-basta-firma-br-oltre-37mila-firme-perina-costa-dante-forte-1.266963 (accessed 21 January 2016).

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    The three winning political parties out of the national election of February 2013 were the Centre-left coalition Democratic Party PD led by Pierluigi Bersani, the Centre-Right coalition People of Freedom led by Berlusconi, and the civil movement Cinque Stelle (Five Stars) led by the former comedian Beppe Grillo. Since no political party won an outright majority in the Senate, a grand coalition government was established. Enrico Letta (PD) was appointed Prime Minister and he was replaced 1 year later by Matteo Renzi (PD).

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Bandelli, D. (2017). Gender: Hegemonic Lens for Making Sense of Violence Against Women and Partner Violence. In: Femicide, Gender and Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47785-5_3

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