Nu er det mit liv men uden min familie: En kvalitativ undersøgelse af mænd, med anden etnisk baggrund end dansks, oplevelser af æresrelateret vold

Abstract

Etniske minoriteter har i mange år været på den socialfaglige dagsorden i Danmark, og i 2012 blev der fra Ministeriet for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold, (dengang social og integrationsministeriet) lagt et særligt fokus på æresrelaterede konflikter som socialt fænomen og problemstilling blandt etniske minoriteter i Danmark. Hermed blev den Nationale strategi mod æresrelaterede konflikter formuleret. Ifølge Ministeriet for børn, ligestilling, integration og sociale forhold omfatter æresrelaterede konflikter blandt andet vold i familien, som en reaktion for at genoprette eller beskytte familiens ære. Dette har inspireret mig til at undersøge, hvorledes fysisk-og psykisk vold generelt og ikke nødvendigvis æresrelateret vold, i familien opleves af den person hvorpå volden udøves. Jeg har med denne undersøgelse valgt at fokusere på individniveauet, med hensigten om forstå hvordan at mænd med anden etnisk baggrund end dansk, oplever vold i familien og hermed hvordan at dette kommer til udtryk som et socialt problem. Jeg har med denne undersøgelse til formål at undersøge, hvilke konsekvenser den enkelte oplever ved at være udsat for vold i familien. I den offentlige diskussion om etniske minoriteter og æresrelaterede problemstillinger, tages oftest afsæt i mænd som værende udøveren af volden og i forskningen tages primært afsæt i kvinders oplevelser og problemstillinger inden for etniske minoriteter. Jeg har derfor valgt at denne undersøgelse skal tage afsæt i mænds erfaringer med vold i familien, og herunder hvilke problemstillinger og dilemmaer som mænd har i deres oplevelser med vold i familien. Jeg har valgt at udføre denne kvalitative undersøgelse, med afsæt i de erfaringer og fortællinger som to unge mænd har bidraget med i forhold til deres oplevelser af æresrelateret vold.

In this thesis, I investigate how men, belonging to ethnic minority in Denmark, experience honor-related violence from their families. The analysis of this thesis is based on, a phenomenological approach to describe and understand the phenomena from the men’s point of view. The thesis’ empirical data consist of two qualitative interviews with men, belonging to ethnic minority in Denmark. These men have been suffering under extensive honor related violence from their family and they are no longer in contact with their family, because of the violence. The choice of theoretic are built from themes appearing from the empirical data, where the men’s surroundings appear to have a major influence on how and which problems the men are experiencing in relation to honor related violence, from which they are suffering. This is why I have found following theories appropriate for this thesis; Labelling by Howard S. Becker, Social stigma by Erving Goffman and Shame & social bond by Thomas Scheff. This thesis shows that the participating men, belonging to ethnic minority, has been victims in honor related violence from their family. The men also experience that violence is a common part of being, brought up as a boy in their surroundings. The men experience that the violence has an educational intent, and the violence is thereby a punishment for the men’s non-accepted behavior. The men’s experience of violence are therefore influencing the men’s self-image and because of that, they are more vulnerable in seeking and achieving other social relations. This thesis shows that the men are only seeking help when their possibility to stay with their family is vanished. One of them, through life-threats, and the other by threats of being kicked out from his family-home against his will. The investigation shows, that one of the reasons the men are not seeking help before, is that they fear, that seeking help or moving away from their parents will result in not only losing their family relations, but they are also in risk of losing other social relations to. Due to the fact that their situation or actions will not comply with the norms, of a normal and accepted behavior, in these social relation.

A master thesis from Aalborg University

Nu er det mit liv men uden min familie: En kvalitativ undersøgelse af mænd, med anden etnisk baggrund end dansks, oplevelser af æresrelateret vold

[Now it's my life but without my family: A qualitative investigation of men, belonging to ethnic minority in Denmark, experiencing honor-related violence.]