Interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s relationships in five European countries: online and offline normalisation of heteronormativity

Aghtaie, Nadia, Larkins, Cath orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-2999-6916, Barter, Christine Anne orcid iconORCID: 0000-0001-5682-5333, Stanley, Nicky orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-7644-1625, Wood, Marsha and Øverlien, Carolina (2018) Interpersonal violence and abuse in young people’s relationships in five European countries: online and offline normalisation of heteronormativity. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2 (2). pp. 293-310. ISSN 2398-6808

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/239868018X15263879270302

Abstract

Qualitative interviews with 91 young people aged 13–18 in Bulgaria, Cyprus, England, Italy and Norway explored their experiences of intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA). Some young women experienced extensive offline sexual pressure and young women were substantially more negatively affected by IPVA than young men. The data revealed that online space has created new mechanisms of control and surveillance that can intensify the impact of offline abuse. Analysing the data in the light of existing theories of cultural violence and coercive control, we explore both the normalising influence of prevailing heteronormative models of femininity and masculinity as well as young people’s agency to resist such normalisation.


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