Gendered Responses to Gendered Harms: Sexual Violence and Bystander Intervention at Australian Music Festivals

Baillie, G; Fileborn, Bianca; Wadds, Phillip

doi:10.1177/10778012211012096

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“…By circumscribing men's caring practices, ideals of masculine autonomy may limit important opportunities to prevent or mitigate harms as they emerge on a night out. Such understandings may help explain, for example, why men report lower levels of awareness, responsibility and intervention in instances of sexual assault and violence in drinking contexts when compared to women (see, e.g., Baillie et al, 2021). Our analysis thus complicates the kinds of causality advocated in contemporary alcohol and other drug policy and research (Manton & Moore, 2016); rather than reify alcohol-related harms as a failing of the individual, or as an unavoidable by-product of men's drinking, we suggest that men's lack of care and collective responsibility may be a key force in harmful consumption events.…”

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confidence: 99%

“Looking After Yourself Is Self-Respect”: The Limits and Possibilities of Men’s Care on a Night Out

Duncan

Roberts

Elliott

et al. 2021

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Notions of masculinity have played a central role in social and cultural research on men’s drinking events. Within this context, masculinity is regularly called on to explain the problematic disparities that mark men’s alcohol consumption, including men’s disproportionate involvement in drinking and a range of alcohol-related harms. More recently, however, researchers have begun to emphasize men’s drinking events as sites of care and support, leading some to suggest that men’s drinking masculinities are evolving in affirmative and health promoting ways. While unsettling the tendency of scholars to problematize men’s drinking masculinities, foregrounding the possibilities of men’s care potentially obscures its complexities and constraints. In this paper, we are concerned to critically re-examine the relationship between masculinity, care, and events of men’s alcohol consumption. Where some authors have positioned men’s care as an innate or uncomplicated good, we draw on a feminist ethics of care approach to explore its complexities, constraints, and exclusions. Through focus group discussions with 101 men, our analysis describes how ideals of masculine autonomy emerged through men’s accounts of drinking events, fundamentally shaping the constitution, practice, and possibilities of care. For the men in our study, the valorization of autonomy fostered ambivalence and tension around care, hindering their capacity as care givers and receivers. In turn, opportunities and accountability for care were overlooked, avoided, or displaced onto women. By highlighting the complexity of men’s care, our account complicates existing scholarship on men’s drinking while also gesturing toward new avenues for public health practice. We conclude by outlining how a more concerted focus on care may be integrated into public health policy, research, and programming and, in the process, contribute to the promotion of more health affirming and ethical modes of masculinity.

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confidence: 99%

“Looking After Yourself Is Self-Respect”: The Limits and Possibilities of Men’s Care on a Night Out

Duncan

Roberts

Elliott

et al. 2021

Contemporary Drug Problems

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“…Globally, alcohol is the most commonly detected substance in drug‐facilitated sexual assaults [2]. Discussing the role of alcohol and other drugs in sexual assault can be controversial, because it is often used to excuse perpetrator behaviour and delegitimise victim experiences [3]. We reaffirm that sexual assault is never the victim's fault and that the responsibility for assault lies solely with the perpetrator.…”

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Police‐recorded adult sexual assault in the Northern Territory, Australia: Alcohol involvement and alcohol policy effects

Clifford,

Wright,

Miller

et al. 2023

Drug and Alcohol Review

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IntroductionBetween 2017 and 2018 three major alcohol policy changes were introduced in the Northern Territory (NT): the Banned Drinker Register, an individual‐level ban enforced via ID scanners at takeaway outlets; a Minimum Unit Price on alcohol; and Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors, who monitor takeaway outlets to prevent purchase by people who do not have a legal place to consume alcohol. We aimed to: (i) describe alcohol‐involved adult sexual assault in the NT; and (ii) estimate the impacts of these alcohol policies on police‐recorded adult sexual assault.MethodsWe used victim records for sexual assault where victims were aged 15 years and over. We undertook descriptive analyses for the NT from 2014 to 2020 and used interrupted time series analysis to assess policy impacts across the NT and in Greater Darwin.ResultsIn 2020, the NT adult victimisation rate was 105 per 100,000. A large minority (40%) of adult sexual assaults involved alcohol. Interrupted time series analyses showed no effect of the Banned Drinker Register or Minimum Unit Price on sexual assault across the NT or in Greater Darwin.Discussion and ConclusionsThe rate of adult sexual assaults in the NT is extremely high and many involve alcohol. Neither the Banned Drinker Register or Minimum Unit Price were associated with changes in police‐recorded adult sexual assault in Greater Darwin or across the NT. Due to small counts, we were unable to assess policy impacts in three of the four main towns, highlighting the challenges of assessing impacts of policies on sexual assault in small population areas.

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“…Findings demonstrate that some factors appear to be consistent in predicting bystander intervention, while others remain inconsistent. For instance, the seriousness of the situation can affect the likelihood of bystander intervention ( Baillie et al, 2022 ; Fischer et al, 2006 ; Pugh et al, 2016 ; Yule & Grych, 2017 ). If it is not clear whether or not consent was given ( Brady & Lowe, 2020 ; Brady et al, 2018 ), or it is not clear what the relationship between the people are ( Banyard & Moynihan, 2011 ; Burn, 2009 ), a potential bystander may not see the situation as serious enough to intervene.…”

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UK and Australian University Students’ Perceptions of the Nature of Sexual Assault and Intervening Behavior

Labhardt,

Brown,

Holdsworth

et al. 2023

J Interpers Violence

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Sexual assault is a global problem, with the risk highest among university students. Bystander intervention preventing sexual assaults has primarily been researched using quantitative methods to understand what factors influence it. However, both sexual assault and bystander intervention are complex with many subtle and overlapping issues that, when analyzed qualitatively, can offer new insights. The current study aimed to explore and develop a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of students’ perceptions of sexual assault and bystander intervention across two universities, one in the United Kingdom and one in Australia. Thirty-nine university students (19 in the United Kingdom; 20 in Australia) took part in one-to-one semistructured interviews. Using inductive thematic analysis, two overarching themes were identified: (a) navigating the complex dynamics of sexual assault; and (b) decisions to intervene or not to intervene. Findings suggest that the complexity and ambiguity around sexual assault can forestall bystander intervention. As such, increasing education, awareness, and discussions around sexual assault and bystander intervention is vital to increase awareness of the problem and mobilize action from bystanders to prevent sexual assault.

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Gendered Responses to Gendered Harms: Sexual Violence and Bystander Intervention at Australian Music Festivals

Cited by 8 publications

References 63 publications

“Looking After Yourself Is Self-Respect”: The Limits and Possibilities of Men’s Care on a Night Out

“Looking After Yourself Is Self-Respect”: The Limits and Possibilities of Men’s Care on a Night Out

Police‐recorded adult sexual assault in the Northern Territory, Australia: Alcohol involvement and alcohol policy effects

UK and Australian University Students’ Perceptions of the Nature of Sexual Assault and Intervening Behavior

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