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Telling Our Stories

The Importance of Women’s Narratives of Resistance

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ID12437372
AuthorsJill Cermele (0000-0002-2022-4613, Drew University, Madison, NJ, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume16
Issue10
Pages1162-1172
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801210382873
PMID20980233
OpenAlexW2150886340
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited13

While more research is emerging on women's capacity for successful resistance and the benefits of self-defense training for women, "resistance" to the idea of women's resistance remains high. In this note, I describe the importance of bringing true accounts of successful resistance to both academic and lay communities, and the benefits to women of recounting their own experiences of successful resistance to violence and harassment. Such accounts provide new scripts for women's options in responding to violence, mark attempted but thwarted rape as a visible event, and remind women of their own agency in the face of assault

Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Harassment · Medical emergency · Narrative · Poison control · Resistance (ecology · Social science · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Medicine · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works24
Citations per year1,71
Citation span2012 - 2023 (12)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 23
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