Women and Male Partner-dating Violence in Nigeria

Chimaraoke Otutubikey Izugbara, Emmanuel J.C. Duru and Peter O. Dania
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Chimaraoke Otutubikey Izugbara: African Population and Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Uyo, PMB 1017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, coizugbara@yahoo.com
Emmanuel J.C. Duru: Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.
Peter O. Dania: Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2008, vol. 15, issue 3, 461-484

Abstract: In this article we address experiences, understandings of and responses to dating violence among a small sample of abused Nigerian female university students. Dating violence broadly manifested in forms such as physical hurt, sexual harassment and emotional abuse in public and private spaces appears to be a male strategy for sustaining women's place within certain culturally defined boundaries. Women's views regarding their abuse reinforce the cultural belief that men are naturally violent and that women are sometimes to be blamed. Women's understandings of their abuse and responses to it refract the patriarchal ideologies that organise gender relations in Nigeria. Social and cultural institutions need to be repositioned to meet the challenges posed by the abuse of women by their intimate male partners.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/097152150801500302

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