• DOI:10.1177/1464700119859759
Corpus ID: 199164895

The feminist politics of naming violence

@article{Frazer2020TheFP,
  title={The feminist politics of naming violence},
  author={E. Frazer and K. Hutchings},
  journal={Feminist Theory},
  year={2020},
  volume={21},
  pages={199 - 216}
}

E. Frazer, K. Hutchings

Published 2020

Sociology

Feminist Theory

The naming of violence in feminist political campaigns and in the context of feminist theory has rhetorical and political effects. Feminist contention about the scope and meaning of ‘Violence against Women' (VAW) and ‘Sex and Gender-Based Violence' (SGBV), and about the concepts of gender and of violence itself, are fundamentally debates about the politics of feminist contestation, and the goals, strategies and tactics of feminist organisation, campaigns and action. This article examines the… CONTINUE READING

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