Citation

Chantler K, McCarry M. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): 1077801219830234.

Affiliation

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219830234

PMID

30822221

Abstract

This article is based on the first Scottish study of survivor perspectives of forced marriage. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight survivors. Our thematic analysis identified five key themes: understandings of forced marriage, the "grooming" process, betrayal, legal responses, and women's resistance. Utilizing Stark's framework of coercive control and Kelly's concept of conducive contexts, we illuminate hitherto under-appreciated dynamics of forced marriage: (a) the conceptualization of forced marriage as a process rather than an event, (b) the role of mothers within patriarchal contexts, and (c) betrayals of family and services as compounding long-term adverse effects of forced marriage.

Language: en

Keywords

coercive control; conducive contexts; forced marriage; role of mothers