

Sexual assault and experiences of intimate partner violence were measured using the Severity of Violence against Women Scale (SVAWS) and psychological violence was measured using the Psychological Maltreatment of Women Inventory (PMWI). Women seeking refuge at Norwegian women's shelters in 20. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to all Norwegian women's shelters. To investigate whether sexual assaults are more likely to co-occur with some types of abuse rather than others in violent intimate relationships. Sexual assault and other types of violence in intimate partner relationships.Īlsaker, Kjersti Morken, Tone Baste, Valborg Campos-Serna, Javier Moen, Bente E and his concept objective violence inform the paper, in order to analyze authoritative representations of ‘ sexual violence in intimate relationships’ in three areas: Danish legislation and legal practices, Danish research on sexual violence, and policy-papers. the symbolic representations of sexual violence in intimate relationships, framing contemporary political/societal developments of the Danish field of welfare work addressing violence in intimate relationships as well as the dominating knowledge production substantiating these. In this article we seek to describe state responses to these figures. Degendering ( sexual) violence in intimate relationshipsīertelsen, Eva Østerby Sørensen, William Jensen, Mathilde WorchĮven though Denmark in many respects shows some of the most gender equality rates in the world, the rates of physical and/or sexual violence against women in Denmark are among the highest in Europe.
