Study on Lesbian Partner Abuse and Service Program

[[abstract]]本研究對於女同志親密關係暴力之行為樣態進行探討，並分析她們對於親密關係暴力的回應方式與處理策略，以及對於國內女同志親密關係暴力的服務方案作一探究，從中瞭解其服務現況、需求、困境與發展，以供相關政策與服務方案參考建議。 本研究採取質性研究方法，使用立意抽樣選取五位經驗親密關係暴力的女同志，以及二位曾有同志機構工作經驗並有家暴相關機構工作經驗的社工人員，藉由深度訪談的方式進行資料收集，所獲得研究結果如下： 一、暴力現象部分：本研究發現在暴力型式中發現其暴力類型多元，並會出現以恐同症作為威脅的方式，且存在著暴力循環；在暴力關係的分析中，以「衝突出現，形成暴力關係的導火線」、「維持伴侶關係的手段」、「缺乏安全感而出現暴力」、「權力不平衡而出現暴力」、「暴力關係的互動」、「暴力關係所造成的影響」等六部分分別探討暴力關係的現象；最後則藉由暴力行為的相關議題，瞭解原生家庭的生長環境對於女同志日後的伴侶相處與暴力行為有所影響。 二、回應方式部分：本研究將女同志親密關係暴力的回應方式分為個人、非正式資源、正式資源等三種回應方式，發現使用非正式資源的女同志對其均抱持著正面的態度，然而使用過正式資源的女同志卻對卻對於正式資源感到灰心；另一方面探討現行服務對於暴力的回應，發現目前能提供給女同志親密關係暴力的服務為電話諮詢，或專業諮商的服務資源。並在研究中整理出兩大服務困境，分別為組織與個人方面，之後則提出對於未來服務的想法與期待，區分為社工方面、機構方面，以及社會態度等三方面，期望各界能改善對於同志的態度，並提供更完善的服務。 最後，依據本研究結論與討論，針對實務工作與未來研究等兩方面提出建議，以供各界做為參考。[[abstract]]This study focused on the phenomena of lesbian partner abuse, and analyzed the response and tactics the abused lesbian adopting. Moreover, this study aims to find out the present service situation for lesbian partner abuse, and understand the demand by lesbian who have the experience of partner abuse, in order to provide the reference for the relevant policy and service program. This study hired the qualitative research method, use the purposeful sampling to select 5 lesbians who have the experience of partner abuse, and 2 social workers who have working with gay/lesbian institution and on the relevant institution of domestic violence. This study used in-depth interview to collect data, and the obtained results were as follows： 1. The part of lesbian partner abuse phenomenon：This study finds out the lesbian partner abuse pattern is diverse, and the homophobia is one of the most important threat the offenders used, and the cycle of violence exists.Regarding to the violent relationships between lesbians, this research categorized six forms: “conflicts bringing about violence” , “methods to maintain partner relation” , “the appearance of violence from the loss of safety” , “the appearance of violence from imbalanced power structure” , “ the interaction of lesbian partner abuse ” , “the influence from lesbian partner relation” . Finally, this study also indicated that the original family life experience influencing lesbians in getting along with her partner and causes the acts of violence in the future. 2. The part of response in lesbian partner abuse：This study divides lesbian partner abuse response into three kinds of response as personal, informal and formal resources. The lesbians who used informal resources have positive attitude regarding the informal resources, but lesbians who used formal resources have negative attitude regarding the formal resources, on the other hand, the present service can provide lesbian partner abuse, such as hotline and counseling, and put two major predicaments from service in order, in institution and in personal. These difficulties could be improved by enhancing social work services, broadening institutional service agenda, and changing social attitude towards lesbians/gay. Finally, according to the conclusion and discussion from this study, it puts forward the suggestion to the practice and the future research, the results from this study are hoped to serve as the reference for various.[[note]]碩