Wood Karen, Giesbrecht Crystal J, Brooks Carolyn, Arisman Kayla
Department of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS), Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Violence Against Women. 2024 Sep 9:10778012241279117. doi: 10.1177/10778012241279117.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and coercive control are prevalent across Canada; these experiences are exacerbated by regionality with women in rural areas disproportionately affected. This study explores rural women's experiences of IPV and coercive control, drawing on qualitative interviews with rural women in Saskatchewan who experienced IPV and focus groups with service providers who work with survivors. Our findings suggest rurality magnifies conditions of coercive control through physical elements of normative rurality, such as isolation that restrict women's space for action. Our participants' experiences of coercive control were exacerbated by the geographic reality of living in a rural/remote location.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）和强制性控制在加拿大普遍存在；这些经历因地区差异而加剧，农村地区的女性受到的影响尤为严重。本研究通过对萨斯喀彻温省遭受亲密伴侣暴力的农村女性进行定性访谈，以及与为幸存者提供服务的提供者进行焦点小组讨论，探讨农村女性遭受亲密伴侣暴力和强制性控制的经历。我们的研究结果表明，农村地区通过规范性农村的物理因素，如限制女性行动空间的孤立状态，放大了强制性控制的状况。我们的参与者遭受强制性控制的经历因生活在农村/偏远地区的地理现实而加剧。
