Researching domestic violence in same-sex relationships--a feminist epistemological approach to survey development.
The article draws on recently completed research by the authors, involving a detailed study of love and intimate partner violence in same-sex and heterosexual relationships (funded by the ESRC, award RES-000-23-0650). The research, hitherto the most detailed study of its kind in the United Kingdom, included a national same-sex community survey (n = 800) plus four focus groups and interviews with 67 individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual, transgender, or heterosexual. The article discusses in particular the development of the same-sex community survey, focusing on the epistemological and methodological implications of using a feminist approach.
School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Bristol, United Kingdom. marianne.hester@bristol.ac.uk
Marianne
M
Hester
Catherine
C
Donovan
D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D019529:Sexuality; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data