Vem ser pojkarna? - En kvalitativ studie om hur socialarbetare resonerar kring sitt arbete med pojkar som befinner sig i en hederskontext
(2022) SOPA63 20221School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Honour-based violence and oppression is usually studied through a perspective that views girls and young women as victims whilst boys and men are seen as the natural oppressors. The aim of this study was to explore social workers' views on working with boys as victims and as oppressors in an honour-based context. A qualitative method was used and six social workers were interviewed on their perspectives of their work with boys in an honour-based context. We applied a constructivist approach to analyze our empirical data which was done by applying theories on gender, intersectionality and the theory of the ideal victim. The study found that boys were less likely to be seen as victims of honour-based violence and oppression due to the... (More)
- Honour-based violence and oppression is usually studied through a perspective that views girls and young women as victims whilst boys and men are seen as the natural oppressors. The aim of this study was to explore social workers' views on working with boys as victims and as oppressors in an honour-based context. A qualitative method was used and six social workers were interviewed on their perspectives of their work with boys in an honour-based context. We applied a constructivist approach to analyze our empirical data which was done by applying theories on gender, intersectionality and the theory of the ideal victim. The study found that boys were less likely to be seen as victims of honour-based violence and oppression due to the patriarchal and collectivistic norms of gender roles. The social workers' explanations to why the tendency to not identify boys as prominent victims was because boys have a general obligation to maintain the oppressing honour norms and can therefore both be seen as the victim of oppression and the oppressor. Furthermore, the study showed how boys in an honour-based context hold a double role, as both a victim, and an oppressor, of honour-based violence and oppression. Boys who identify as HBTQI+ is a particularly vulnerable group. The results show that the social workers' perceptions of victims and oppressors in different categories based on sex, etnicity, sexuality, religion or different types of violence, can affect who and how they work with honour based violence and oppression. Furthermore, this study has attempted to highlight how social workers view the phenomenon itself, victims and oppressors, and how this can be reflected in their work. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksson, Moa and Somehagen, Jannie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Honour-based violence and oppression, social workers, honour norms, boys
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9085261
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- 2022-06-08 13:36:01
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abstract = {{Honour-based violence and oppression is usually studied through a perspective that views girls and young women as victims whilst boys and men are seen as the natural oppressors. The aim of this study was to explore social workers' views on working with boys as victims and as oppressors in an honour-based context. A qualitative method was used and six social workers were interviewed on their perspectives of their work with boys in an honour-based context. We applied a constructivist approach to analyze our empirical data which was done by applying theories on gender, intersectionality and the theory of the ideal victim. The study found that boys were less likely to be seen as victims of honour-based violence and oppression due to the patriarchal and collectivistic norms of gender roles. The social workers' explanations to why the tendency to not identify boys as prominent victims was because boys have a general obligation to maintain the oppressing honour norms and can therefore both be seen as the victim of oppression and the oppressor. Furthermore, the study showed how boys in an honour-based context hold a double role, as both a victim, and an oppressor, of honour-based violence and oppression. Boys who identify as HBTQI+ is a particularly vulnerable group. The results show that the social workers' perceptions of victims and oppressors in different categories based on sex, etnicity, sexuality, religion or different types of violence, can affect who and how they work with honour based violence and oppression. Furthermore, this study has attempted to highlight how social workers view the phenomenon itself, victims and oppressors, and how this can be reflected in their work.}},
author = {{Eriksson, Moa and Somehagen, Jannie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Vem ser pojkarna? - En kvalitativ studie om hur socialarbetare resonerar kring sitt arbete med pojkar som befinner sig i en hederskontext}},
year = {{2022}},
}