Heterosexual Masculinity and Femicide in Kenya

这个计划要检视的核心问题是，异性恋如何造成女性被剥夺权力，以及异性恋男性在肯尼亚杀害女性中的角色如何被媒体和司法系统抹去。研究问题本研究将采用双管齐下的方法来回答以下问题：1)杀害妇女在肯尼亚的流行程度如何？2)媒体和司法系统如何减少人们认为的杀害女性的威胁？3)男性如何看待女性试图获得权力以及随之而来的男性规范变化？研究目的：确定肯尼亚妇女被害和犯罪的流行程度和危险因素。检查媒体在异性恋浪漫爱情和激情叙事背景下对IPF的描绘。审查与杀害妇女有关的法庭和警察文件是否反映了关于适当女性行为的主流社会规范。检查男性杀害女性的肇事者在异性恋中赋予女性权力的概念。为了收集和分析数据，混合方法的方法是首选的，因为它可以结合深入的检查与数字维度，抽样，数据收集和分析(a)抽样将涉及太平间和研究受访者。多阶段整群抽样是从地理上分散的人口中收集原始数据的首选方法，将用于获得具有全国代表性的样本。首先是按区域分类，然后是按区域内的种族分类，最后是对停尸房进行随机抽样。种族聚类将有助于突出杀害妇女流行率和危险因素的任何差异。城市和农村地区的私人和公共停尸房将得到平等考虑。有目的抽样将用于选择关键举报人，而便利抽样将用于肇事者，因为他们是难以接触的人口。(b)为产生定量数据，将对2011年1月至2021年12月期间发生的12岁及以上女性凶杀案受害者进行一项基于停尸房的回顾性研究。将利用涉及媒体、警察和法庭记录、死亡登记和尸检报告的文件分析来产生定量和定性数据。将对媒体/司法/警察部门的职责人员和杀害妇女的肇事者进行民族志定性访谈。(c)数量数据将使用推理和描述性统计进行分析。例如，将使用事故率比（IRR）来衡量杀害妇女的流行程度。此外，参数检验和非参数检验（如Mann-Kendal趋势检验）将测量风险因素。定性数据将使用话语分析（DA），有助于分析性别关系和社会控制。它还可以展示导致杀害妇女的不平等是如何产生的，如何成为事实、合理和持续的

The central problem to be examined by the proposed project is how heterosexuality constructs women's disempowerment and how heterosexual masculinities' role in femicide in Kenya is erased from the media and justice system. Research QuestionsThe study will use a two-pronged approach to answer the following questions: 1) What is the prevalence of femicide in Kenya? 2) How does the media and the justice system diminish the perceived threat of femicide?3) What are men's perspectives of women's attempted empowerment and the attendant change in masculine norms? Research ObjectivesDetermine the prevalence and risk factors of femicide victimisation and perpetration in Kenya. Examine the media portrayal of IPF in the context of heterosexual romantic love and passion narratives.Examine whether femicide-related court and police documents reflect dominant social norms about appropriate female behaviour.Examine male femicide perpetrators conceptualisation of women's empowerment within heterosexuality.MethodologyTo collect and analyse data, a mixed-methods approach is preferred because it can combine an in-depth examination with numerical dimensions, Sampling, data collection and analysis(a) Sampling will involve the mortuaries and the study respondents. Multi-stage cluster sampling, preferred for gathering primary data from a geographically dispersed population, will be used to get a national representative sample. Clustering by region will come first, followed by ethnicity within the region, and finally random sampling of morgues. Ethnic clustering will be helpful to highlight any differences in femicide prevalence and risk factors. Both private and public morgues in urban and rural areas would be considered equally. Purposive sampling will be used to select key informants, while convenience sampling will be used with perpetrators because they are a hard-to-reach population. (b) To generate quantitative data, a retrospective mortuary-based study of female homicide victims aged 12 years and above that occurred between January 2011 and December 2021 will be conducted. Document analysis involving media, police and court records, death registers and autopsy reports will be used to generate both quantitative and qualitative data. Ethnographic qualitative interviews with duty bearers in the media/ judiciary/police departments and femicide perpetrators will be conducted. (c) Quantitative data will be analysed using inferential and descriptive statistics. For example, incident rate ratio (IRR) will be used to measure the prevalence of femicide. Further, parametric and non-parametric tests such as Mann-Kendal trend test will measure the risk factors. Qualitative data will use discourse analysis (DA), useful in analysing gender relations and social control. It can also demonstrate how inequalities contributing to femicide are produced, rendered factual, justified, and sustained