Gender-based violence and solidarity in times of crises: comparison of contexts of war and natural disasters (CROSBI ID 654055)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Dremel, Anita i Cajner Mraović, Irena
engleski
Gender-based violence and solidarity in times of crises: comparison of contexts of war and natural disasters
Our objective is to compare the criminogenic potential of crises resulting from war and natural disasters, respectively, as an indicator of a drop in solidarity, in relation to gender-based violence (GBV). Disasters usually lead to the weakening of social control, although some researchers consider this a myth. We will discuss previous research and seminal examples comparatively, and review main hypotheses, frequent myths and theoretical explanations of the rates of GBV in contexts of crises brought about by war and natural disasters. Then we will present results of our University of Zagreb-funded research on social control and deviance in disastrously flooded areas in Croatia in 2014, and compare them to the official data on reported GBV. Our results suggest that the rate of GBV in the context of crisis of solidarity, social control and cohesion brought about by natural disasters do not increase, unlike the rate of GBV in the context of war, which is extremely high. Theoretical explanation of this significant difference is based on studies of war and gender which see, among others, deep structures of patriarchy underlying socialization into gender identities as important factors in the reproduction of militarism. Raping of women is the most frequent form of GBV in war, and is a strategy of enemy feminisation as a form of symbolic domination. Our findings can help (social policy/education) reduce GBV as a global health and development problem that cannot be fully understood out of the context of social structure normativity – gender norms and gender roles, namely, support GBV and often make it tolerable or even invisible.
gender based violence, solidarity, crisis, disaster, flood
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Podaci o skupu
(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities
predavanje
29.08.2017-01.09.2017
Atena, Grčka