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Systerskap, Separatism och Inkludering: En studie om kvinnoseparatism och inkludering av HBTQ-personer inom kvinnojourernas verksamheter

Olsson, Izabella LU (2024) GNVM03 20232
Department of Gender Studies
Abstract
This thesis discusses the role of women’s separatism in the organisations of women’s shelters in relation to inclusion of LGBTQ victims of domestic violence. The background for this study is prior studies that show a common occurrence of domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships, as well as a shortage of shelters to turn to, especially for people who doesn’t identify as women. From a queer feminist theoretical framework this thesis discusses women’s shelters in terms of strategic essentialism, heterosexual matrix, and intersectionality. Through qualitative interviews with four women’s shelters following questions is answered: “How does the organisations work with women’s separatism and how is this related to a form of strategic... (More)
This thesis discusses the role of women’s separatism in the organisations of women’s shelters in relation to inclusion of LGBTQ victims of domestic violence. The background for this study is prior studies that show a common occurrence of domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships, as well as a shortage of shelters to turn to, especially for people who doesn’t identify as women. From a queer feminist theoretical framework this thesis discusses women’s shelters in terms of strategic essentialism, heterosexual matrix, and intersectionality. Through qualitative interviews with four women’s shelters following questions is answered: “How does the organisations work with women’s separatism and how is this related to a form of strategic essentialism?” “How does this way of working affect the inclusion of LGBTQ people?” and “Is an inclusive way of working with domestic violence compatible with the broader work against men’s violence against women?” The results show how women’s separatism is fundamental for the structure of the women’s shelters and is an important aspect of the work that the shelters do in the struggle against men’s structural violence against women, but in the practice, it also contributes to the exclusion of LGBTQ people. (Less)
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author
Olsson, Izabella LU
supervisor
organization
course
GNVM03 20232
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Women's shelters, Queer feminism, LGBTQ inclusion, Domestic violence, Women's separatism, Kvinnojourer, HBTQ-inkludering, Våld i nära relation, Kvinnoseparatism
language
Swedish
id
9151281
date added to LUP
2024-05-17 13:02:16
date last changed
2024-05-20 14:20:48
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  abstract     = {{This thesis discusses the role of women’s separatism in the organisations of women’s shelters in relation to inclusion of LGBTQ victims of domestic violence. The background for this study is prior studies that show a common occurrence of domestic violence in LGBTQ relationships, as well as a shortage of shelters to turn to, especially for people who doesn’t identify as women. From a queer feminist theoretical framework this thesis discusses women’s shelters in terms of strategic essentialism, heterosexual matrix, and intersectionality. Through qualitative interviews with four women’s shelters following questions is answered: “How does the organisations work with women’s separatism and how is this related to a form of strategic essentialism?” “How does this way of working affect the inclusion of LGBTQ people?” and “Is an inclusive way of working with domestic violence compatible with the broader work against men’s violence against women?” The results show how women’s separatism is fundamental for the structure of the women’s shelters and is an important aspect of the work that the shelters do in the struggle against men’s structural violence against women, but in the practice, it also contributes to the exclusion of LGBTQ people.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Izabella}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Systerskap, Separatism och Inkludering: En studie om kvinnoseparatism och inkludering av HBTQ-personer inom kvinnojourernas verksamheter}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}