“Wherever There's Men, it can Happen”: Constructions of Violence Against Women by Young Adults in Ireland

Robert Bolton; Máire Leane; Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin; Claire Edwards; Caroline Fennell

doi:10.1177/10778012221150273

“Wherever There's Men, it can Happen”: Constructions of Violence Against Women by Young Adults in Ireland

Robert Bolton
, Máire Leane
, Fiachra Ó Súilleabháin
, Claire Edwards
, Caroline Fennell

School of Applied Social Studies

University College Cork

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Given the growing concern about perpetration of violence against women (VAW) amongst young adults, this article examines how a sample (n = 27) of Irish young adults (18–24 years) construct the term VAW. Participants drew on personal experiences to describe the term and were cognisant of the gendered perpetration of domestic, psychological, and sexual violence. A group of participants, however, constructed narrow understandings of VAW that did not align with their routinized experiences of unwanted touching and sexual microaggressions. We call for initiatives to enable young adults to name and link together different forms of VAW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1175-1197
Number of pages	23
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221150273
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

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