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Gendering Coercive Control

Anderson, Kristin L.·2009·Violence Against Women
DOI 10.1177/1077801209346837
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This article examines the theory of gender presented in Stark's Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life. Stark suggests that gender is a form of structural inequality that makes women more vulnerable than men to the strategies of coercive control. However, Stark assumes rather than demonstrates that gendered structural inequality increases women's vulnerability. In this article, the author applies the multilevel theory of gender as identity, interaction, and social structure to document the multiple ways coercive control is gendered. The author argues that, to understand the gender dynamics of coercive control, researchers must examine the interactions across levels of gender. The author concludes with an assessment of the prospects and pitfalls of applying the concept of coercive control to renew the feminist social movement to end domestic violence.

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  • Coercive and controlling tactics establish domination only when they reflect a power imbalance in the relationship that existing social structures support.

    “As noted earlier, coercive and controlling tactics “work” to establish domination only to the extent that they reflect a power imbalance in the relationship supported by existing social structures (Anderson, 2009; Ashcroft, 2000; Dutton & Goodman, 2005; Stark, 2007).”

    From Coercive Control in the Courtroom: the Legal Abuse Scale (LAS) (2023) · cites this paper as Anderson, 2009

  • In heterosexual relationships, patriarchal structures, gendered expectations, and stereotypes about women make it easier for men than for women to establish a regime of control.

    “For example, in heterosexual relationships, patriarchal social structures, gendered role expectations, and stereotypes about women make it easier for men to establish a regime of control than the other way around.”

    From Coercive Control in the Courtroom: the Legal Abuse Scale (LAS) (2023) · cites this paper as Anderson, 2009

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Authors
Anderson, K. L.
Affiliations
Western Washington University (US)
Corresponding author
Anderson, Kristin L.
ORCID
Anderson, Kristin L.
Venue
Violence Against Women
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-10-15
Volume
15
Issue
12
Pages
1444-1457
ISSN
  • 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8448
DOI
10.1177/1077801209346837
OpenAlex
W2101712371
Cited by
141
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 4
FWCI
3.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Violence Against Women (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
Keywords
coercive control, gender theory, structural inequality, women's vulnerability, gender identity, gender interaction, social structure, domestic violence
MeSH terms
Coercion, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Power, Psychological, Women's Rights, Domestic Violence, Battered Women, Feminism

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