scholarly journals Moaning and Eye Contact: Men's Use of Ambiguous Signals in Attributions of Consent to their Sexual Partners

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Bedera
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Sexual Consent ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Undergraduate Men ◽  
Affirmative Consent

In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on men to take a proactive role in preventing sexual violence. On college campuses, this pressure has been formalized into affirmative consent policies that require all students to actively seek consent from their sexual partners through unambiguous verbal or physical signals. This study uses data from 25 semi-structured interviews to explore how undergraduate men make sense of sexual consent after cultural and organizational pressure to be more proactive in preventing sexual assault. Participants answered questions about their recent sexual experiences and their attitudes toward campus sexual consent policies. Findings indicate that while participants understand and condone key elements of sexual consent, they do not consistently apply reliable strategies to ensure that their sexual interactions are consensual. Instead, they use ambiguous social cues that are common in both consensual and nonconsensual sexual interactions, which reinforce the cultural notion that consent is unclear.

Moaning and Eye Contact: Men’s Use of Ambiguous Signals in Attributions of Consent to Their Partners

2021 ◽  
pp. 107780122199287
Author(s):  
Nicole Bedera
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Eye Contact ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Sexual Consent ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Undergraduate Men

In recent years, there has been increasing pressure on men to prevent sexual violence. This study uses data from 25 semi-structured interviews to explore how heterosexual undergraduate men have responded to cultural and organizational pressure to seek consent. Participants answered questions about their recent sexual experiences and attitudes toward campus sexual consent policies. Findings indicate that while participants condone key elements of sexual consent, they do not consistently apply reliable strategies to seek consent. Instead, they use ambiguous social cues that are common in both consensual and nonconsensual sexual interactions, which reinforce the notion that consent is unclear.

Understanding the Complexities of Sexual Assault and Its Traumatic Effects

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Beste
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Student Perspectives ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Sexual Culture ◽  
Sexual Assault Survivors ◽  
Hookup Culture

This chapter focuses on the particular injustice of sexual violence because it emerged as a dominant theme in students’ reflections on party and hookup culture. If we hope to create a just sexual culture in which all college students are respected and treated as ends-in-themselves, we first need to confront the reality of sexual violence on college campuses. Drawing both on student perspectives and important research studies, this chapter first examines why sexual violence is so prevalent on college campuses and then identifies risk factors that increase the likelihood of victimization and perpetration. Lastly, the author examines the traumatic effects of sexual violence on sexual assault survivors.

Campus Sexual Violence Resources and Emotional Health of College Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Assault

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marla E. Eisenberg ◽  
Katherine A. Lust ◽  
Peter J. Hannan ◽  
Carolyn Porta
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Supportive Environment ◽  
Resource Data

Institutional characteristics may help mitigate trauma associated with sexual assault. This study examines associations between resources on college campuses for sexual violence prevention and the emotional well-being of female students who have experienced sexual assault. There were 495 female college students who have experienced sexual assault who provided survey data in 2010–2011. Sexual violence resource data from 28 college campuses were combined with student survey data in multilevel analysis. Dependent variables include diagnosis with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and PTSD, and models adjust for covariates and clustering of students within colleges. Participants attending colleges with more sexual violence resources had lower rates of mental health conditions than those attending colleges with fewer resources. Colleges are encouraged to expand their array of sexual violence resources to create a supportive environment for victims of sexual assault and to connect affected students with appropriate services.

scholarly journals "We’re Still Here, We’re Still Fighting.” The Experiences Of Rural Survivors Accessing Sexual Assault Evidence Kits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katelyn Bosveld
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Study

This qualitative research study explores the experiences survivors of sexual violence across rural Ontario accessing Sexual Assault Evidence Kits, as told by service providers from Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. Using a narrative thematic analysis, semi-structured interviews were completed and subsequently analyzed from an intersectional feminist perspective. The purpose of this approach was to identify themes that occurred across multiple interviews in order to understand the barriers that exist for survivors and solutions proposed by service providers in the field. Factors such as transportation, including reliance on police for transportation, are explored, as are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic which arose partway through the research process. Additionally, implications for social work practice and service providers to survivors of sexual violence, strengths and limitations, and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Safety Rituals: How Women Cope with the Fear of Sexual Violence

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciana Silva ◽  
David Wright
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
Safety Strategies ◽  
Inductive Analysis

In this study we focus on how women's fear of sexual violence shapes their views on sexual assault and influences their use of safety strategies as well as how those safety strategies may restrict their use of time and space. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 participants who also journaled for one week on the topic of sexual violence. Data were analyzed through an inductive analysis approach. These women think about sexual violence as a widespread problem that affects them disproportionately more than it affects men; they engage in precautionary behaviors in a ritualistic manner; and their fear of sexual assault is restrictive. Safety rituals seem to help these women feel powerful, in control, and less anxious.

scholarly journals "Next Time" Means "No": Sexual Consent and the Structure of Refusals

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginger Tate Clausen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Sexual Consent ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Affirmative Consent

This paper emphasizes a need to recognize sexual refusals both in public discourse and in the context of particular interactions. I draw on sociolinguistic work on the structure of refusals to illuminate a much-discussed case of alleged sexual violence as well as to inform how we ought to think and talk about sexual consent and refusal more generally. I argue on empirical and ideological grounds that we ought to impute the same significance to refusals uttered in sexual contexts as we do to those uttered in nonsexual contexts. Finally, I propose an amendment to the definition of affirmative consent that would put it in line with the conclusions drawn in the rest of the paper.

scholarly journals Exploring Definitions and Prevalence of Verbal Sexual Coercion and Its Relationship to Consent to Unwanted Sex: Implications for Affirmative Consent Standards on College Campuses

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandie Pugh ◽  
Patricia Becker
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Sexual Scripts ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Unwanted Sex ◽  
Campus Sexual Assault ◽  
Affirmative Consent

Campus sexual assault is a pervasive issue impacting the well-being, quality of life, and education of all students. There have been many recent efforts to prevent and address campus sexual assault, most notably the adoption of affirmative consent standards. (1) Efforts to address sexual assault on college campuses through an affirmative consent standard could be undermined by traditional gender norms, sexual scripts, and the power dynamics inherent in heterosexual relations, which lead to situations in which many women provide consent to unwanted sex. (2) Studies indicate that college women are likely to experience verbal sexual coercion, yet research has failed to come to a consensus on how to define, operationalize, and study verbal sexual coercion. (3) Research on sexual consent is also lacking, in particular as it relates to consent to unwanted sex as a result of the presence of verbal sexual coercion. (4) This article discusses how multiple forms of unwanted sex can be conceptually examined. (5) Policy implications and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals "We’re Still Here, We’re Still Fighting.” The Experiences Of Rural Survivors Accessing Sexual Assault Evidence Kits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katelyn Bosveld
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Study

This qualitative research study explores the experiences survivors of sexual violence across rural Ontario accessing Sexual Assault Evidence Kits, as told by service providers from Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. Using a narrative thematic analysis, semi-structured interviews were completed and subsequently analyzed from an intersectional feminist perspective. The purpose of this approach was to identify themes that occurred across multiple interviews in order to understand the barriers that exist for survivors and solutions proposed by service providers in the field. Factors such as transportation, including reliance on police for transportation, are explored, as are the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic which arose partway through the research process. Additionally, implications for social work practice and service providers to survivors of sexual violence, strengths and limitations, and areas for future research are discussed.

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