Gender based violence against women: the crisis behind being a restaurant waitress
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-04-2022-0013 |
| Published date | 06 January 2023 |
| Date | 06 January 2023 |
| Pages | 34-46 |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care,Criminology & forensic psychology,Criminal psychology,Sociology,Sociology of crime & law,Deviant behaviour,Public policy & environmental management,Policing,Criminal justice |
| Author | Awgchew Shimelash Yasegnal |
Gender based violence against
women: the crisis behind being
a restaurant waitress
Awgchew Shimelash Yasegnal
Abstract
Purpose –This study aims to investigate the types, perpetrators, places, times and consequences of
gender-basedviolence (GBV).
Design/methodology/approach –Phenomenologyresearch design was used, and 13 waitresseswere
selected using convenience sampling technique. In-depth interview was used to gather relevant data,
and the collecteddata were analyzed using thematic and interpretiveanalysis technique.
Findings –Physical, psychological, sexual, economic and social types of violence were common.
Though GBV may be committedanywhere and anytime, restaurants arethe most epicenter and night is
critical time by which the problem is more prevalent. Customers, supervisors and agents are of
perpetrators of GBV. GBV can have serious long-term and life-threatening consequences for victims.
Physical, psychological, health-related, social and economic impacts are the crisis behind being a
restaurantwaitress.
Originality/value –This researchis the author’s original work.
Keywords Gender-based violence, Crisis, Women, Waitresses, Psychological harms,
Physical violence, Abuse, Perpetrators, Psychological abuse, Restaurant waitress
Paper type Research paper
1. Introduction
According to the United Nations 2015 Inter-Agency Standing Committee Guidelines for
Integrating Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Action, gender is the
social attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female and the
relationships between women and menand girls and boys, as well as the relations between
women and those between men (IASC, 2015). These attributes, opportunities and
relationships are socially constructed and are learned through socialization processes.
Gender determines what is expected, allowed and valued in a woman or a man in a given
context. Gender-based violence (GBV) is an umbrella term commonly used to refer to
violence between individuals that stems from power differentials between the perpetrator
and the survivor. The term refers to any harmful act that is perpetrated against a person’s
will and that is based on socially ascribed (i.e. gender) differences between males and
females (Wirtz et al.,2014). It is primarily used to underscore the fact that structural,
gender-based power differentials between males and females around the world place
females at risk for multiple forms of violence(Manual, 2021).
GBV is defined as violence that is directed against a person based on their gender or sex,
including acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts,
coercion and other deprivations of liberty (UNICEF, 2003). It includes physical, sexual and
psychological violenceperpetrated or condoned within the family, the generalcommunity or
Awgchew Shimelash
Yasegnal is based at
Department of Psychology,
Bahir Dar University,
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Received 22 April 2022
Revised 8 November 2022
Accepted 9 December 2022
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