In the Pacific Island of Guam, recent high-profile incidents of violence against Indigenous Chamoru women have sparked growing local concerns regarding rates of domestic violence and sexual assault. These and other indicators of elevated rates of violence against women in Guam are discordant with historical narratives of gender egalitarianism and community-based sanctions regarding violence against women in Chamoru culture. Using qualitative interviews with responders to violence against women in Guam, this study investigated current community narratives surrounding violence against women. Findings highlighted the centrality of culture in participant understandings of violence against women, particularly the complex interplay of themes of Indigenous cultural loss and desire for revitalization alongside a preference for Western cultural ideals. Curiously, in spite of a strong cultural framework in participant understandings of violence against women, few participants framed their professional response in cultural terms, other than to describe “culturally competent” approaches for commonly scapegoated communities in Guam. Study findings highlight the need for a closer analysis of culture in understandings of and responses to violence against women in Indigenous communities.

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探索关岛家庭暴力应对者中针对妇女的暴力行为的社区叙述

在太平洋关岛，最近发生的针对土著查莫鲁妇女的备受瞩目的暴力事件引发了当地对家庭暴力和性侵犯发生率的日益关注。关岛暴力侵害妇女行为发生率上升的这些和其他指标与查莫鲁文化中性别平等主义和基于社区的对暴力侵害妇女行为的制裁的历史叙述不一致。本研究通过对关岛暴力侵害妇女行为回应者的定性访谈，调查了当前社区围绕暴力侵害妇女行为的叙述。调查结果强调了文化在参与者对暴力侵害妇女行为的理解中的核心地位，特别是土著文化丧失和复兴的愿望与对西方文化理想的偏好之间的复杂相互作用。文化方面的专业回应，而不是描述关岛常见的替罪羊社区的“文化能力”方法。研究结果强调需要对土著社区中对暴力侵害妇女行为的理解和反应进行更深入的文化分析。