Department of Sociology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2009 Dec;15(12):1444-57. doi: 10.1177/1077801209346837. Epub 2009 Oct 15.
This article examines the theory of gender presented in Stark's Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life. Stark suggests that gender is a form of structural inequality that makes women more vulnerable than men to the strategies of coercive control. However, Stark assumes rather than demonstrates that gendered structural inequality increases women's vulnerability. In this article, the author applies the multilevel theory of gender as identity, interaction, and social structure to document the multiple ways coercive control is gendered. The author argues that, to understand the gender dynamics of coercive control, researchers must examine the interactions across levels of gender. The author concludes with an assessment of the prospects and pitfalls of applying the concept of coercive control to renew the feminist social movement to end domestic violence.
本文探讨了斯塔克在《强制性控制：男人如何在个人生活中困住女人》一书中提出的性别理论。斯塔克认为，性别是一种结构性不平等，使女性比男性更容易受到强制性控制策略的影响。然而，斯塔克假设而不是证明性别结构不平等会增加女性的脆弱性。在本文中，作者应用性别作为认同、互动和社会结构的多层次理论来记录强制性控制的多种性别化方式。作者认为，为了理解强制性控制的性别动态，研究人员必须研究性别层面之间的相互作用。作者最后评估了将强制性控制概念应用于更新结束家庭暴力的女权主义社会运动的前景和陷阱。
