Stoic heroines or collaborators: Ageism, feminism and the provision of assistance to abused old women
Stoic heroines or collaborators: Ageism, feminism and the provision of assistance to abused old women
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10.1080/02650530802099890
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Harbison, Joan
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作者：
Harbison, Joan
本文利用加拿大农村地区的一项研究结果来讨论向遭受虐待的老年妇女提供援助的相关问题。援助提供者（其中一些是七十多岁或以上的女性）表示，这些年龄段的大多数女性都认为“铺好[婚姻]床后，她们就应该躺在上面”。据说这些观点与保留好妻子的积极身份的强烈愿望、对丈夫的保护感情以及留在农村家庭的愿望有关，这些观点似乎与年轻一代妇女应摆脱虐待关系的回应相冲突。虽然老年妇女的多样化需求和愿望得到了同龄人的认可，但她们却很少受到专业人士、学者和庇护所运动的关注。本文探讨了老年女性“留下来”的决定与年轻女性强调“离开关系”之间的紧张关系。有人认为，未能解决老年妇女和年轻妇女需求之间的差异，忽视了与老年人的年龄关系中所蕴含的年龄歧视和基于年龄的压迫的影响。讨论了这些发现对服务提供和社会工作实践的影响。
This paper uses findings of a study in rural Canada to discuss issues surrounding the assistance offered to old women living with abuse. Assistance providers, some of whom were women in their mid-seventies and beyond, suggested that most women in these age groups are of the opinion that 'having made their [marriage] bed they should lie in it'. Said to be associated with a strong desire to retain a positive identity as a good wife, protective feelings towards their husbands, and a wish to remain in place in their rural homes, these views would seem to conflict with the responses offered to younger generations of women that they should leave the abusive relationship. While old women's diverse needs and wishes are acknowledged by their peers, they receive little attention from professionals, scholars, and the shelter movement. This paper examines the tensions between the older women's decisions to 'stay' and younger women's emphasis on 'leaving the relationship'. The argument is made that the failure to address differences between older and younger women's needs overlooks the effects of the ageism and age-based oppression embedded in age relations with old people. The implications of these findings for service provision and social work practice are discussed.