The Politics of Rape: The Victim's Perspective.

Marciano, Teresa Donati; Russell, Diana E. H.

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“…With this disclaimer in mind, we can allow some theoretical considerations to be tested in future studies using longitudinal data. The male privilege protection hypothesis extends previous contributions considering that gains in gender equality will go through phases of backlash (Brownmiller, 1975;Russell, 1975) and articulates with the Marxist feminist hypothesis. Both would theoretically explain why there are periods of gains in women's rights in certain areas in an amelioration process, and how they interlock with periods of backlash.…”

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confidence: 53%

“…Although this backlash hypothesis is often presented as being the theoretical extreme opposite of the ameliorative hypothesis, some scholars who study IPVAW tend to embrace more nuanced positions as well. While some authors have suggested that the backlash is a temporary effect that is leading to a sustained ameliorative situation (Brownmiller, 1975;Russell, 1975), others (Whaley et al, 2013) have suggested that there is an interplay of backlash and ameliorative processes, which also aligns to Stamatel's (2018) findings.…”

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Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

Gómez-Casillas

Damme

Permanyer

2023

J Interpers Violence

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The first European Union Survey on Violence against Women (EU-VAW) released in 2014 revealed the unexpected result indicating that the world’s most egalitarian countries have relatively high rates of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (IPVAW). This phenomenon, referred to as the “Nordic Paradox,” revived a heated, intermittently ongoing discussion dating back four decades where several competing hypotheses about the relationship between gender inequality and IPVAW have been proposed, but no consensus has been reached. The main aim of this paper is to revisit the most important of such hypotheses proposed in the last four decades, while proposing a new one that could potentially throw some light on understanding the “Nordic Paradox.” Multilevel linear regression models are estimated using data from the EU-VAW survey conducted in 2012, and an alternative operationalization of the Gender Equality Index (GEI) (our measure of gender equality). We did not find any significant effect of gender equality on IPVAW repetition. However, we found that higher country-level status of women and men go together with less IPVAW, with a larger effect of women’s status in economic domains compared to the impact of men’s economic status, and a larger effect of men’s overall status. These findings support the Marxist feminist hypothesis, stating that women’s absolute status in the economic and labor domain is critical in lessening IPVAW, as women’s real and potential access to resources is key for leaving a violent relationship. At the same time, our results support the “male privilege protection” hypothesis, which states that gains in women’s status in certain domains—such as in the economic sphere considering our results for the European Union—would not suppose a threat to men, allowing ameliorative effects. In contrast, if the overall status of men is threatened, backlash effects would be triggered.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 53%

Section: Background: Old and New Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 78%

Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

Gómez-Casillas

Damme

Permanyer

2023

J Interpers Violence

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“…Research also identifies that insensitive treatment by members of the criminal justice system may magnify feelings of powerlessness and shame for the rape victim, produce feelings of guilt, and lower self-esteem (e.g., Flynn, 1974;Griffin, 1973;Medea & Thompson, 1974;Russell, 1974). Such negative responses from criminal justice workers have been described as a form of secondary victimization, whereby victims begin to blame themselves for the rape.…”

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Attribution of blame in rape cases: A review of the impact of rape myth acceptance, gender role conformity and substance use on victim blaming

Grubb¹,

Turner²

2012

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…Cossins argumenta que el abuso sexual es una práctica a través de la cual los niños y los hombres pueden acumular experiencias de dominación sexualizada, de acuerdo con los guiones sexuales hegemónicos, pero sin los riesgos de rechazo o vergüenza inherentes a las relaciones sexuales adultas consensuadas (2000). Hay quienes ubican a Cossins en el feminismo sociológico, ver Purvis y Ward 2005. ve amenazada por esta sensación de impotencia (Russell 1974). 25 Diríamos que un hombre que encuentra problemas para reafirmar su hombría en el terreno de las relaciones adultas, dominando sexualmente a las mujeres, optaría por dirigir sus demandas sexuales a un blanco aún más vulnerable: las niñas, pero también los niños.…”

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“…Bajo esta tesis, para los hombres, la sexualidad en ausencia de sentimientos afectivos abriría la puerta a un comportamiento de explotación sexual. En cambio, en las mujeres la sexualidad estaría vinculada con la intimidad, el afecto, la reciprocidad y la sensibilidad a las necesidades de su pareja (Russell 1974, p. 264, Finkelhor 1984. Esa reciprocidad implicaría un fuerte inhibidor de un comportamiento abusivo sexual, particularmente cuando su interlocutor es un menor.…”

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Una revisión de las teorías del feminismo radical sobre el abuso sexual contra la infancia

Ramírez

2023

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El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer un recorrido por algunos de los aportes de la teoría feminista a la reflexión en torno al abuso sexual contra la infancia. Se centrará en los desarrollos planteados por el feminismo radical de los años 70 y 80, principalmente en Norteamérica. Las feministas radicales plantearon críticas a las teorías vigentes sobre el abuso. Así mismo, realizaron valiosas contribuciones teóricas justificadas en el hecho de que casi la totalidad de los abusadores son hombres. Se establece una vinculación entre abuso sexual contra la infancia y la sexualidad masculina, se analiza el papel de la socialización en la feminidad en la prevalencia del abuso sexual y se considera que en gran medida la familia patriarcal promueve y garantiza la impunidad del abuso sexual. Recuperar estas ideas puede servir para construir una teoría de la violencia sexual contra la infancia desde una perspectiva de género.

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The Politics of Rape: The Victim's Perspective.

Cited by 40 publications

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Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

Attribution of blame in rape cases: A review of the impact of rape myth acceptance, gender role conformity and substance use on victim blaming

Una revisión de las teorías del feminismo radical sobre el abuso sexual contra la infancia

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