This commentary discusses the Swartz and Lappeman article asking us to rethink the word violence and its potential to “disempower the women that it is meant to empower.” The commentary examines the term violence through a critical lens that underscores the need for critical discourse analysis as a driver to deepening a widely somewhat antiquated definition of violence. It explores the enabling and constraining complexity of identity work associated with using the label of victim and suggests a more comprehensive approach that considers the linkages between intention, practices, structures, and context to foster a more transformative understanding of violence.

这篇评论讨论了 Swartz 和 Lappeman 的文章，要求我们重新思考暴力这个词及其“剥夺女性权力”的潜力。评论通过批判性的视角审视了暴力一词，强调了批判性话语分析的必要性，作为深化广泛有点过时的暴力定义的驱动力。它探讨了与使用受害者标签相关的身份工作的启用和限制复杂性，并提出了一种更全面的方法，该方法考虑了意图、实践、结构和背景之间的联系，以促进对暴力更具变革性的理解。