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The role of culture in the justification and perpetuation of domestic violence: the perspectives of service providers in Kyrgyzstan.
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The study explores the perspectives of service providers on cultural and social reasons used to justify domestic violence in Kyrgyzstan. Results indicate that cultural norms, notably patriarchal customs, immense pressure put on women to save the marriage, stigma of divorce, low status assigned to women, wide acceptance of violence as natural, and fear of retaliation were major reasons that perpetuated domestic violence. Scholars, policymakers, and service providers must collaborate to actively dispel widely accepted beliefs about gender, marriage, and women's status, and to break the cycle of abuse providing help at the individual and community levels.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Childress, S., Shrestha, N., Kenensarieva, K., Urbaeva, J., & Schrag, R. V.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas at Arlington (US)
- American University of Central Asia (KG)
- University at Albany, State University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Childress, Saltanat
- Venue
- Violence Against Women
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2023-07-24
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1198-1225
- ISSN
- 1077-8012 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-8448
- PMC
- PMC10805967
- OpenAlex
- W4385211123
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 7
- FWCI
- 5.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Violence Against Women (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Fulbright US Scholar Program)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K01HD106070)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Keywords
- domestic violence, service providers, women's status, gender norms, cycle of abuse, fear of retaliation, Kyrgyzstan
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