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Title: | NON-PHYSICAL STATE VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN SINGAPORE | Authors: | PERSA LABEEBA CHOWDHURY | Issue Date: | 16-Apr-2018 | Citation: | PERSA LABEEBA CHOWDHURY (2018-04-16). NON-PHYSICAL STATE VIOLENCE: THE CASE OF SINGLE MOTHERS IN SINGAPORE. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | The purpose of this research is to study how single mothers in Singapore experience the non-physical violence perpetrated by the state through its attitude towards single mother families and establishment of family-oriented policies. Single mothers in Singapore are one of the most disadvantaged subgroups within the ‘single parent’ community, and this research shows how this is a consequence of the state enacting structural, epistemic and symbolic violence upon this group. The rules of family-oriented policies such as Baby Bonus Scheme and maternity and childcare leaves in relation to single mothers, as well as bureaucratic tools such as application forms, and state encouraged rhetoric – all serve to make single mothers feel like second-class citizens. The results also show mothers to feel a sense of ‘otherness’ in Singapore, as well as inferior to married mothers. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144929 |
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