Abstract
Much literature views South Asian women in the UK through the prism of arranged marriage and, when discussing gender-based violence, forced marriage. Little attention is paid to South Asian women's experiences of dating, with no commitment to marriage. This paper is based on qualitative research using the theoretical framework of Black Feminist Theory and Intersectionality to analyse how women, who feel they are making their own choices and exercising agency by dating, can, through gendered power dynamics be pressured into marriages. This paper explores how such experiences can elucidate the manifestations of forced marriage and adds to this complex picture of how women entering an intimate relationship of choice, can be entrapped into forced marriage.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 102859 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Women's Studies International Forum |
Volume | 102 |
Early online date | 21 Dec 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Keywords
- Gender-based violence
- South Asian women
- Dating
- Forced marriage
- Coercion
- Choice
- Agency
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Gender Studies
- Education
- Development
- Sociology and Political Science
- Law