Citation

Coffey J, Burke PJ, Hardacre S, Parker J, Coccuzoli F, Shaw J. Gend. Educ. 2023; 35(6-7): 623-637.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09540253.2023.2242879

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Abstract

Despite the massive global scale of gender-based violence, little attention has been given to its significance in mediating studentvictim-survivors' experiences of higher education. We draw on and extend recent feminist theorizations of trauma as 'durational' to consider the significance of gender-based violence as a societywide problem yet also integral to higher education equity initiatives, where the enduring impacts of gender-based violence for student-survivors is usually absent as an area of concern. In this article we draw on interview data from a qualitative study which explored how university student-victim-survivors of gender-based violence experienced participating in higher education. Participants challenges relating to lasting stress and anxiety, an undermined sense of capability, and difficulties meeting deadlines and academic expectations. These findings show the broader problem of gender-based violence should be viewed as a significant equity issue requiring an expanded approach to current higher education violence prevention efforts (Bacon [2022]. "The Intersubjective Responsibility of Durational Trauma: Contributions of Bergson and Levinas to the Philosophy of Trauma." Continental Philosophy Review 55 (2): 159-175. doi:10.1007/s11007-021-09556-7).

Language: en