Fathers' Rights Groups, Domestic Violence and Political Countermobilization

Autor/in	Crowley, Jocelyn Elise
Titel	Fathers' Rights Groups, Domestic Violence and Political Countermobilization
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 88 (2009) 2, S.723-756 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
Schlagwörter	Family Violence; Females; Fathers; Civil Rights; Parent Rights; Political Issues; Consciousness Raising; Activism; Interviews; Parent Attitudes; Social Change; Social Attitudes; Social History; Child Welfare; Child Custody; Financial Support; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Educational Attainment; Employment Level; Gender Differences; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Elternrecht; Politischer Faktor; Bewusstseinsbildung; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Elternverhalten; Sozialer Wandel; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Sozialgeschichte; Kindeswohl; Finanzielle Förderung; Familienstand; Rassenunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Beschäftigungsgrad; Geschlechterkonflikt; USA
Abstract	Domestic violence continues to be a serious problem for women in the United States. As a result, the battered women's movement has been tireless in campaigning for greater awareness of the issue, tougher penalties against offenders, and public vigilance against potential batterers, including fathers from dissolving families. In reaction to this stance, a small but vocal countermovement composed of activists in the fathers' rights movement has argued that the BWM is guilty of what I term "enemy boundary creep", a perception whereby these men maintain that they have been inappropriately targeted. Using 40 in-depth interviews with fathers' rights activists located across the country, this article details the narrative that these men have composed as to why the BWM is expanding the scope of its enemies, the tactics that the BWM is using in this campaign, and the insidious effects that these efforts are having on fathers across the country. This narrative formulates a "boundary-push back" response. This analysis thus articulates how an unlikely countermovement can use the accusation of enemy boundary creep by its social movement opponents in an effort to shift the political discourse on a significant public problem. (Contains 7 notes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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