Citation

Tonsing JC, Tonsing KN. Int. Soc. Work 2019; 62(1): 161-171.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0020872817712566

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article explores intimate partner violence using a patriarchal framework, which sheds light on how the problem of intimate partner violence against women is anchored in social and cultural conditions, rather than in individual attributes. The study participants comprised South Asian women who have migrated to Hong Kong. Narrative analyses revealed how patriarchal norms are linked to intimate partner violence and how this has a direct effect on the position and role of females in the home and produces inequality in marriage. Within the framework of patriarchy, and the limitations of using a small, specific sample population, the article also identifies implications for practice.

Language: en