What’s in a name?

Lombard, Nancy; Whiting, Nel

doi:10.4324/9781315612997-3

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“…(Scottish Parliament Debate 10 June 2010) A few parliamentarians in the Scottish Parliament have shared these sentiments over the years but have not held positions of power within government (see Mackay, 2010). Unlike England and Wales, where men's rights activists have garnered momentum and lobbying strength, these actors have limited visibility and scope in Scottish politics (Lombard and Whiting, 2018), meaning most feminist concerns around de-gendering policy have, as of yet, not fully materialised. Moreover, since its adoption in policy, the Scottish Government has continued to champion gendered policy constructions, including commissioning research on men victims/survivors of domestic abuse that concluded that men do not experience domestic abuse to the same extent as women (Gadd et al, 2002).…”

Section: Anti-gender Resistance and Intramovement Contestationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the desirability of de-gendering is highly contextual and contingent on the resources of feminists and their opponents (Walby et al, 2012: 235). Oftentimes, in the context of domestic abuse policymaking, the process of de-gendering involves the promotion of gender-neutral frames, which averts attention away from all structural inequalities and the embodied realities of victims/survivors (Lombard and Whiting, 2018;McCabe, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking

McCabe

2024

Policy &Amp; Politics

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While policy scholars have elaborated on the ways in which social movements operate within discursive struggles over meaning-making to generate policy change, less attention has been paid to contestations within movements. This oversight is remarkable given that the process of shaping shared understandings and framings of policy problems is political and, thus, a site of epistemic power struggles. This article offers sharpened analytical tools to study internal framing politics, advancing an integrated feminist institutionalist approach. It empirically demonstrates the merits of this approach by applying it to a so-called ‘feminist policy success’ case: Scottish domestic abuse policymaking. Domestic abuse experts often hail Scottish domestic abuse policies as ‘world-leading’ due to their gendered and feminist policy constructions, which can be credited to successful feminist mobilisation around devolution. However, this article disrupts the dominant narrative by teasing out for whom the framing of policy has been a success within the movement, uncovering points of contention. Drawing on policy analysis and elite interviews, the study identifies and traces an enduring intramovement contestation around the dominance of gendered frames and subsequent marginalisation of intersectionality. It argues that while the women’s movement has made considerable gains in integrating feminist concerns in policy, framing opportunities have not been equally shared, marginalising some actors and their frames. The Scottish case demonstrates how and why we should not underestimate the real and (un)intended consequences of intramovement contestations. Beyond the Scottish context, this article calls for scholars to account for diversities in identity, agency and claims-making within movements.

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Section: Anti-gender Resistance and Intramovement Contestationsmentioning

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Section: Anti-gender Resistance and Intramovement Contestationsmentioning

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An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking

McCabe

2024

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“…As impressive and hard-won as their achievements are, however, they could not have succeeded without the considerable efforts of thousands upon thousands of unseen and uncelebrated women. Scotland's internationally renowned reputation in tackling VAW (Lombard and Whiting, 2017) could not exist without these invisible women having provided a sturdy and unfaltering bedrock on which innovative policies and legislation could be placed.…”

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Who Lies Beneath? Reflections on Scotland’s Unseen Change Makers

Proctor

2024

Scottish Affairs

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As a former Rape Crisis and Women’s Aid support worker turned feminist academic, I have had the privilege of working with some of the most inspirational and courageous women in Scotland. I see these women as the unsung heroines who are ultimately responsible for changing Scotland and making it internationally renowned for innovative and progressive practice in preventing Gender-Based Violence. For decades, women have worked as volunteers and/or paid staff to support survivors, run refuges, helplines, and campaigns whilst also training local authorities, police, and other agencies. Without them, we would have no women’s support organisations, many more victims would remain in relationships with abusive men, and many more women would be dead at the hands of their partners or ex-partners. Yet, the organisations they run are desperately under-funded and many workers are on insecure contracts with low pay – a form of structural violence that reinforces gender inequality in Scotland. Equally important and unrecognised are the victim/survivors who have raised their voices to ask for help, to resist their abusers, and who risk everything to try to secure their survival. Without them we wouldn’t know about the horrors many endure, and many others would not have been inspired to work tirelessly to change Scotland for the better. Collectively and individually, their achievements are significant. This article explores their resistance and resilience that has allowed Scotland to earn its stellar reputation.

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“…Since Scottish devolution in 1999, feminist understanding of men's violence against women has become embedded in government policy (Lombard & Whiting, 2017). Whilst Scotland is often held up internationally as offering a "gold standard" in relation to strategic work on men's violence against women, the reality is more complex.…”

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Rape in the News

Boyle¹,

Jessie²,

Strickland³

2022

Rape

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The media have an important role to play in constructing, maintaining or challenging a rapesupportive culture. In this chapter, we discuss news reporting of rape and sexual assault in Scotland, drawing on a variety of research and advocacy projects we have been involved in, as workers in Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS) and as academic researchers. This includes studies of media representation, work with media organisations in relation to trial reporting, and a focus group exploring survivors' thoughts about news media. We identify two key challenges for contemporary news reporting: the difficulty of translating a feminist analysis into incident-driven, justice-oriented news; and of constructing and understanding experience and expertise. We argue that the news media's emphasis on criminal trials produces a limited understanding of the continuum of sexual violence, and limits the range and nature of stories which can be told. We consider the contexts in which survivors -and those who work with them -could be used as experts rather than to report specifically on personal experience.

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What’s in a name?

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An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking

An intersectional analysis of contestations within women’s movements: the case of Scottish domestic abuse policymaking

Who Lies Beneath? Reflections on Scotland’s Unseen Change Makers

Rape in the News

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