A Case Study of Battered Women's Shelters in Appalachia

Tice, Karen W.

doi:10.1177/088610999000500306

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“…To build coalitions with others, the movement, in general, and women's shelters, in particular, changed from a more grassroots approach to one that stressed professionalism, training, and credentialing (Morgan, 1981). The earlier organizational model, emphasizing minimal hierarchy, broad participation, and shared leadership, was replaced by a more formal structure with hierarchical decision making and power structures (Perlmutter, 1994b;Srinivasan & Davis, 1991;Tice, 1990;Whelan, 1996). Concurrently, the rhetoric of the battered women's movement changed from more politicized language emphasizing gendered power divisions created and reinforced by men's control over women, to a social-psychological discourse accentuating dysfunctional family relationships and the use of anger management as the treatment of choice for perpetrators (Pence & Shepard, 1988;Shepard, 1991).…”

Section: Sociopolitical Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Family Violence”: The Language of Legitimacy

Hammons

2004

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Examinations of social movements have typically overlooked the organizational context of social-movement agencies as well as the role of agency employees in shaping the larger movement. This study explored meso-and micro-level forces that affect the battered women's movement, as found in one particular women's shelter. The findings suggest that although the larger social movement may encourage the examination of battering from a systemic perspective, shelter workers adopt a more narrow, psychological interpretation. Shelter workers adopt this perspective because of the socialization that occurs within the shelter context itself, which employees then replicate to be seen as competent.

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Section: Sociopolitical Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Family Violence”: The Language of Legitimacy

Hammons

2004

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“…&dquo;Rather, participants are conceived of as self-determining agents who have the freedom and power to negotiate a fair research bargain with the researcher&dquo; (p. 32). The researcher can manifest this fair bargain in several ways: establishing respectful relationships; developing a rapport with the agency or participants (Davis, 1986;Tice, 1990); sharing the findings in writing with the participants (Acker et al, 1983); and asking for participants' input into the research process, such as during the construction of interview questions (Davis, 1986). In short, the emphasis is on the process as well as the product.…”

Section: Principle 3: Reconceptualizing Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Work Research: Is There a Feminist Method?

Mason¹

1997

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This article examines whether social work feminist researchers have reached a consensus about the "best" method for upholding feminist principles by reviewing the research literature for the application of those principles, especially in methodology. The author concludes that no one method seems to take precedence and suggests how social workers can further the use of feminist principles in their research.With the contemporary women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s came skepticism about traditional research and its treatment of women. Feminist research developed out of this skepticism, and feminist social scientists continue to debate its substance and construction. Much of the debate has focused on the use of research methods for gathering data. Which methods correct the deficiencies of patriarchal research? Do feminist values prescribe the use of some techniques over others? Feminist social scientists have discussed at length the existence or even the prudence of having a unique feminist method (Gergen,

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“…Predominant among these are dependence, low self-esteem, chronic anxiety, learned helplessness, denial, shame, guilt, psychosomatic complaints, withdrawal, vulnerability, and depressed ways of behaving. Gray (1980) also suggested that there was a tendency among rural women to define themselves through their relationships with others, not unlike other battered women who have been studied (Walker, 1984).…”

Section: Common Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%