Bernados Simeon C, Ocampo Lanndon A
Cebu Technological University, Cebu City, Philippines.
J Interpers Violence. 2021 Sep;36(17-18):NP9796-NP9818. doi: 10.1177/0886260519862267. Epub 2019 Jul 10.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a worldwide social issue perpetrated by intimate male partners against their wives. Studies on IPV have generated accurate comparative information since the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women to guide strategy and track progress in attempts to comprehend the IPV issues. In many attempts to understand violence against women, the social construction of IPV was not well documented in the literature. This article aims to explore IPV survivors' social construction of IPV by analyzing the experiential narratives of IPV survivors. To address the objective, this article used the phenomenological approach by examining the lived experiences of 15 IPV survivors. Our study finds that IPV made IPV survivors empowered, and with this social construction, survivors were able to overcome violence perpetrated by their intimate partners. The findings further proved that giving preferential attention to the needs of IPV victims could lead to victim empowerment, a factor needed in the elimination of violence against women and children in all forms. It is suggested for any intervention activities to (a) ultimately address the empowerment of individuals and (b) respond to the needs of individuals because what may work for one victim may not work for another.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是一个全球性的社会问题，由亲密男性伴侣对其妻子实施。自1993年世界人权会议和《消除对妇女暴力行为宣言》以来，关于亲密伴侣暴力的研究产生了准确的比较信息，以指导战略制定并追踪在理解亲密伴侣暴力问题方面的进展。在许多理解针对妇女暴力行为的尝试中，亲密伴侣暴力的社会建构在文献中并未得到充分记录。本文旨在通过分析亲密伴侣暴力幸存者的经验叙事来探讨他们对亲密伴侣暴力的社会建构。为实现这一目标，本文采用现象学方法，考察了15名亲密伴侣暴力幸存者的生活经历。我们的研究发现，亲密伴侣暴力使幸存者获得了力量，通过这种社会建构，幸存者能够克服亲密伴侣实施的暴力。研究结果进一步证明，优先关注亲密伴侣暴力受害者的需求可导致受害者赋权，这是消除一切形式的暴力侵害妇女和儿童行为所需的一个因素。建议任何干预活动：（a）最终解决个人赋权问题；（b）回应个人需求，因为对一名受害者有效的方法可能对另一名受害者无效。
