Bystander Reaction to Women Fighting : Developing a Theory of Intervention

Lowe, Robert D. and Levine, Mark and Best, Rachel M. and Heim, Derek (2012) Bystander Reaction to Women Fighting : Developing a Theory of Intervention. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27 (9). pp. 1802-1826. ISSN 0886-2605

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Abstract

This article explores accounts of bystanders to female-on-female public violence. Group interviews with participants in the night-time economy are carried out. Whereas men tend to respond to the discussion topic of female-on-female violence with laughter, this laughter reveals ambivalence and discomfort as much as amusement. Men seem to negotiate the tension between the expectation that they should intervene in emergencies and a catalogue of costs that attend intervention. Female bystanders appear to have a different set of concerns. They talk about feelings of shame at the interpersonal and the group level. Women cite the public spectacle, and the opportunity for men to demean or sexualize women, as reasons for intervention. The article concludes with some recommendations about the importance of exploring female violence in its own terms, beginning with a series of identified moral and social dilemmas incurred within possible third-party intervention.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? bystander interventiongenderlaughterpublic violenceshameclinical psychologyapplied psychology ??
ID Code:
134478
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Deposited On:
22 Jun 2019 08:56
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
15 Jul 2024 18:52