Invalidation : a neglected dimension of gender-based violence and inequality

Michael Salter

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    Abstract

    This article proposes that invalidation is a pervasive manifestation of gender relations as expressed through strategies of minimisation, disbelief and denial. Invalidation is embedded within interpersonal and institutionalised arrangements and interactions. It is a constitute element of gender‐based violence as well as a socio‐political condition that enables gender-based violence. Invalidation serves to inscribe gender relations upon the bodies of women through the mental and physical health deficits of the gender‐based violence that it enables and facilitates, as well as through the denial of testimonial legitimacy and the consequent withholding of resources, support and services.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3-13
    Number of pages11
    JournalInternational Journal for Crime and Justice
    Volume1
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • examination of witnesses
    • violence against women

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