The rape capital or the most gender-equal country in the world? Masculinity, hybridity and young men’s intimate partner violence in Sweden

Gottzén, Lucas; Berggren, Kalle

doi:10.4324/9780429280054-5

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“…As we have argued elsewhere (Gottzén & Berggren, 2021), partner-violent men are not necessarily esteemed in contemporary Western societies where gender equality discourses have gained influence. Instead, they may be positioned as deviant men who fail to live up to masculinity norms associated with intimate relationships.…”

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“…We have suggested that the difference between previous studies highlighting unmitigated support for violence and the more varied responses in our study may in part be connected to changes in masculinity norms. Public discourse in Sweden has in recent years been influenced by a feminist understanding of violence, and violence against women is increasingly being condemned publicly and among many men (Gottzén & Berggren, 2021). Similar processes are taking place in other societies as well (Pierotti 2013), such as in the U.S. (Pascoe & Hollander, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While violence may be criticized on a general level, abuse and rape may simultaneously be “mobilized” to differentiate between groups of men (Pascoe & Hollander, 2015; cf. Gottzén & Berggren, 2021). Unequivocal condemnation may at first glance therefore be perceived as a progressive response to violence against women, but it could also generate new hierarchies between men and justify violence against perpetrators.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Rethinking Male Peer Support Theory: Social Network Responses to Young Men’s Violence Against Women

Berggren

Gottzén

2022

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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Male Peer Support Theory (MPST) is one of the few principal theories about masculinity and men’s violence against women. The theory foregrounds the role of social networks in encouraging violence. This article offers a critical discussion of MPST, particularly the assumption that social networks primarily support violence. Drawing on a qualitative study of young men perpetrators in Sweden, we suggest that the concept of response is better suited than support in capturing the diversity of social network responses to violence. In our data, there were few stories about unmitigated pro-abuse support. Instead, we found responses that unequivocally condemned violence, as well as ambiguous and transformative responses. We suggest that such responses be understood in relation to changing attitudes concerning violence.

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Rethinking Male Peer Support Theory: Social Network Responses to Young Men’s Violence Against Women

Berggren

Gottzén

2022

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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“…In this regard, studies show that 22% of women in Iceland have experienced IPV at some point in their lifetime since the age of 16 (Karlsdóttir & Arnalds, 2010). Police records report an increase in the number of rape and IPV cases (Jóhannsdóttir, 2021; Reykjavík Police Department & City of Reykjavík, 2020). Furthermore, the #MeToo movement in Iceland shows how difficult it has been for women to act against sexual violence (Pétursdóttir & Greta Rúdólfsdóttir, 2022).…”

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“…Iceland is often regarded as a front-runner in gender equality (Einarsdóttir, 2020), yet studies show that sexual violence, including intimate partner violence (IPV), is a serious problem in the country (Antonsdóttir & Gunnlaugsdóttir, 2013; Karlsdóttir & Arnalds, 2010; Reykjavík Police Department & City of Reykjavík, 2020). In this paper, we contribute to the scholarship on masculinities and sexual violence and use an affective–discursive framework to explore how men in Iceland who have committed acts of violence against their partners understand and relate to their actions.…”

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“I am not a monster”: An affective–discursive analysis of men's perspectives on their engagement in violence against women

Ólafsdóttir

Rúdólfsdóttir

2022

Feminism & Psychology

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This paper aims to explore how men perform masculinities in their relationships with women and how their behaviour is enabled and/or maintained in modern society. An affective–discursive approach was adopted to analyse six in-depth interviews with men who identified as perpetrators of violence in intimate relationships. The analysis portrays how heteronormative discourses on masculinity frame participants’ understanding of the violence they had committed. However, the most pervasive reference point in the participants’ accounts was the construct of the monster. The participants’ understanding of their violence had an intersectional angle as the monster figured differently in their stories, depending on their social positioning. The middle-class participants believed that the monster essentialised and dehumanised them and called for new ways to talk about violence. The working-class participants experienced their violence as masculinity out of control, referring to past trauma and the intensity of their love for their partners, while dodging accountability for their actions. The findings underline the need for discourses on knowledge that encourage men to take responsibility for their actions without being dehumanised.

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‘How Did This Happen?’: Making Retrospective, Present and Prospective Sense of Intimate Relationships Where Men Have Been Violent

Ólafsdóttir

Hearn

2023

Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics

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In seeking to explain intimate partner violence (IPV), feminist research has shifted its focus from individual explanations to the social contexts of such violence. Adopting such a perspective, we explore the narratives of three men who identify as perpetrators of violence and three women who identify as victims/survivors of IPV. Our analyses focus on how the participants present their relationships, employing the notion of affective – discursive practices as informing, at times constituting, the participants’ experiences. Their stories are characterised by a chronological line – retrospective, present and prospective. Their understandings change in framing their experiences, with the relationships themselves becoming affective–discursive practices, albeit figuring differently in the participants’ stories across time. Our findings also underline the significance of shame as a regulatory mechanism sustaining heteronormative practices.

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The rape capital or the most gender-equal country in the world? Masculinity, hybridity and young men’s intimate partner violence in Sweden

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Rethinking Male Peer Support Theory: Social Network Responses to Young Men’s Violence Against Women

Rethinking Male Peer Support Theory: Social Network Responses to Young Men’s Violence Against Women

“I am not a monster”: An affective–discursive analysis of men's perspectives on their engagement in violence against women

‘How Did This Happen?’: Making Retrospective, Present and Prospective Sense of Intimate Relationships Where Men Have Been Violent

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