INTRODUCTION
Gender Based Violence (GBV) has long been a topic for research because it is of relevance to the social, cultural and economic fabric of society. Research in this field leads to better public policy for intervention, recovery, and prevention of GDV, the stakes are high. Hilde Jakobsen 's research: “What’s gendered about gender-based violence- an empirically grounded theoretical exploration from Tanzania” was published in 2014 by The Authors. It takes a feminist approach to researching GBV and uses focus groups to explore social norms surrounding (GBV), it is qualitative in nature. To contrast, “Gender - Based Violence, Alcohol Abuse and Sexual Risk among Female Patrons of Drinking venues in Cape Town, South Africa by E. V Pitpitian, …show more content…
One such ideological difference is the conservative versus the feminist approach. Jakobsen highlights that the conservative approach maintains that there is sex parity in GBV and gender symmetry while the feminist approach maintains that sex symmetry ignores theories of gender and that rather than asking “who uses violence the correct approach” it is better to “identify how violence functions in relationships to preserve gender inequalities” (cite). With this, Jakobsen simultaneously makes a value judgment on which theoretical approach is better and states her theoretical …show more content…
The juxtaposition makes their strengths and weaknesses particularly evident. By using a heterodox theoretical approach, Jakobsen allows us to see the broadness of gender conceptualization and operationalization and its connection to hegemonic power structures. Because of the operationalization of “doing gender,” the study becomes replicable in other environments. It is to be noted, however, that conceptualization and operationalization of variables to the social reduce the economic reasons for the hegemonic power of males structures. The SA study uses Hypothesis testing and statistical inference but because of the cross-sectional nature and historical factors like “South Africa and its history with alcohol abuse” (cite) it is not easily replicable and does not deduce the causal nature between the variables, It merely states that there is one. And without the causal nature to infer a relationship between variables, the study becomes a little redundant. Qualitative interviewing would have strengthened the quality of this
Gender Based Violence (GBV) has long been a topic for research because it is of relevance to the social, cultural and economic fabric of society. Research in this field leads to better public policy for intervention, recovery, and prevention of GDV, the stakes are high. Hilde Jakobsen 's research: “What’s gendered about gender-based violence- an empirically grounded theoretical exploration from Tanzania” was published in 2014 by The Authors. It takes a feminist approach to researching GBV and uses focus groups to explore social norms surrounding (GBV), it is qualitative in nature. To contrast, “Gender - Based Violence, Alcohol Abuse and Sexual Risk among Female Patrons of Drinking venues in Cape Town, South Africa by E. V Pitpitian, …show more content…
One such ideological difference is the conservative versus the feminist approach. Jakobsen highlights that the conservative approach maintains that there is sex parity in GBV and gender symmetry while the feminist approach maintains that sex symmetry ignores theories of gender and that rather than asking “who uses violence the correct approach” it is better to “identify how violence functions in relationships to preserve gender inequalities” (cite). With this, Jakobsen simultaneously makes a value judgment on which theoretical approach is better and states her theoretical …show more content…
The juxtaposition makes their strengths and weaknesses particularly evident. By using a heterodox theoretical approach, Jakobsen allows us to see the broadness of gender conceptualization and operationalization and its connection to hegemonic power structures. Because of the operationalization of “doing gender,” the study becomes replicable in other environments. It is to be noted, however, that conceptualization and operationalization of variables to the social reduce the economic reasons for the hegemonic power of males structures. The SA study uses Hypothesis testing and statistical inference but because of the cross-sectional nature and historical factors like “South Africa and its history with alcohol abuse” (cite) it is not easily replicable and does not deduce the causal nature between the variables, It merely states that there is one. And without the causal nature to infer a relationship between variables, the study becomes a little redundant. Qualitative interviewing would have strengthened the quality of this