The “ethical loneliness” of male sexual violence survivors in Northern Uganda: gendered reflections on silencing

Confronting Wartime Sexual Violence: Public Support for Survivors in Bosnia

“…One example might include the use of anonymous hotlines/online forums and counseling services (Davies 2002). These services can provide male and female survivors with opportunities to express themselves and make contact with one another and with health professionals in order to build support and advocacy (Clark 2017; Schulz 2018). With more accepting contexts, more female and male survivors may be encouraged to come forward and receive aid.…”

‘We were controlled, we were not allowed to express our sexuality, our intimacy was suppressed’: sexual violence experienced by boys

“…Most participants were abducted between the ages of 13 and 20 and hence came of age in the 8 13 Moynagh 2014. 14 On the multiple and intersecting institutions that silence male survivors -including academic -see Schulz 2018. armed group. Participants fought and lived in South Sudan, northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic.…”

Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence

“…He felt he had been denied the opportunity to share this testimony, to be listened to, and to seek justice and redress. Elsewhere I have described this experience as "ethical loneliness" (Schulz 2018b), understood as "a condition undergone by persons who have been unjustly treated and dehumanized by human beings and political structures, who emerge from that injustice only to find that the surrounding world will not listen to or cannot properly hear their testimony" (Stauffer 2015: 1).…”

“…I have positioned this framework as an alternative to the dominant notion of "emasculation" by way of "feminization" or "homosexualiztion" as commonly employed in the literature, which tends to freeze dynamic experiences in time and space and to mask over the complexities of these deeply embedded processes. The framework of "displacement from gendered personhood" instead acknowledges the fluidity and contextual contingencies of survivors' experiences, recognizing it as a "layered and compounded process, " in which the effects of violence itself are "further compounded over time through myriad gendered and sexual harms, " challenging survivors' "masculine selves and roles on various levels" (Schulz 2018b(Schulz : 1118.…”