Invalidation: A Neglected Dimension of Gender-based Violence and Inequality

Abstract

This article proposes that invalidation is a pervasive manifestation of gender relations as expressed through strategies of minimisation, disbelief and denial. Invalidation is embedded within interpersonal and institutionalised arrangements and interactions. It is a constitute element of gender-based violence as well as a socio-political condition that enables gender-based violence. Invalidation serves to inscribe gender relations upon the bodies of women through the mental and physical health deficits of the gender-based violence that it enables and facilitates, as well as through the denial of testimonial legitimacy and the consequent withholding of resources, support and services.
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Published: 2012-11-05
Pages:3 to 13
Section:Articles
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How to Cite
Salter, M. (2012) “Invalidation: A Neglected Dimension of Gender-based Violence and Inequality”, International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 1(1), pp. 3-13. doi: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v1i1.73.

Author Biography

University of Western Sydney, Sydney
 Australia

Lecturer in Criminology, School of Sociology and Criminology