Abstract
Through a thematic analysis of four cases of suicide by young women identified from the National Coronial Information System, I apply a gendered lens to understanding the ways in which human service professionals’ expectations of feminine behavior, led them to view these young women as “bad girls” and imposed a disempowering “coerced autonomy” framework onto them. In this framework, the girls were held responsible for factors that caused their distress but were denied self-determination in their diagnosis and/or treatment. I aim to broaden our understanding of how gendered expectations can have fatal consequences.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 443-462 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 6 Nov 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright the Author(s) 2023. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Keywords
- mental health
- qualitative
- sexual abuse<social work/social welfare history and philosophy<research categories
- suicidal femininities
- suicide
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