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Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home

Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019.

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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/73247 Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home Muller, Gustav robbertze.gadiel@gmail.com Van Marle, Karin Robbertze, Gadiel Domestic violence Home Relational feminism Autonomy Relational autonomy Public/private divide UCTD Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. Conceptualising an understanding of home within South African law and how certain relationships create such an understanding. Home can be thought of as a place of safety, security, peace and identity. Home encapsulates values such as human dignity, freedom and equality. Furthermore, it is a space where one can exercise your identity autonomously. Home is a space for autonomy. However, some relationships give rise to this positive concept of home and autonomy whilst others are detrimental thereto. These relations are explored, specifically relations of domestic violence which threaten the values of home. Furthermore, the public/private divide is a contributing factor to domestic violence that occurs within the home. Efforts used to protect the private sphere has resulted in the public sphere compromising the privacy and autonomy of the victim. Privacy should not solely be equated with the private sphere and should rather be understood in terms of autonomy and a right which should be afforded to individuals. Autonomy itself, has for a long time been equated with the private sphere, and has, therefore, been used as a tool to protect the abusive party from state action, rather than protecting the abused party from the actions of the abuser. Therefore, autonomy itself should not be equated with the private sphere, as this conception lacks creativity in achieving autonomy within the collective. Therefore,an alternative understanding of autonomy is suggested: relational autonomy. Relational autonomy examines how specific relationships are beneficial to the meaning of autonomy. Relational autonomy calls for the restructuring of destructive relations which stand in the way of achieving autonomy and therefore also stands in the way of achieving a positive concept of home. Private Law LLM Research Unrestricted 2020-02-13T06:43:05Z 2020-02-13T06:43:05Z 2020-04-09 2019 Dissertation Robbertze, G 2019, Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home, LLM Research Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73247> A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73247 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle Domestic violence
Home
Relational feminism
Autonomy
Relational autonomy
Public/private divide
UCTD
Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title_full Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title_fullStr Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title_full_unstemmed Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title_short Relational feminism : the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
title_sort relational feminism the autonomy of woman within an abusive home
topic Domestic violence
Home
Relational feminism
Autonomy
Relational autonomy
Public/private divide
UCTD
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/73247