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The Roots of Resistance to Women’s Self-Defense

University of Oregon

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jocelynh{at}uoregon.edu.

	Abstract

Those who teach or research women’s self-defense often encounter significant resistance from others. In this article, the author discusses three major types of resistance to women’s self-defense (and to women’s resistance to violence more generally): the belief that women’s resistance is impossible, that it is too dangerous, and that it risks blaming the victim. The author argues that one source of these reactions is people’s taken-for-granted beliefs about gender, which limit their ability to understand the research on women’s resistance and self-defense—and, indeed, prevent them from being able to conceptualize women as strong and competent social actors.

First published on February 10, 2009, doi:10.1177/1077801209331407

Violence Against Women 2009;15:574.

A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2009


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