Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Politics and Policy
Abstract
This article argues that United States public policies have prioritized marriage and healthy relationship promotion over research and education about gendered violence in adult and teen relationships, despite evidence of the prevalence of intimate partner and teen dating violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls. The lack of a gender-based analysis reflects a shift from a feminist framing of violence that focuses on the safety and well-being of women and girls based on an analysis of gender, power, and structural inequalities, to ward a conservative focus on individualistic solutions to gendered social problems like poverty and violence.
Volume
37
Issue
1
First Page
87
Last Page
109
DOI
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1554477X.2016.1116301
Rights
Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy
Recommended Citation
Baker, Carrie N. and Stein, Nan, "Obscuring Gender-Based Violence: Marriage Promotion and Teen Dating Violence Research" (2016). Study of Women and Gender: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/swg_facpubs/8
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.