Essays about: "Political Rape"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the words Political Rape.

  1. 1. Tragic Tales of ‘Victims’ and ‘Villains’ – A Study on Narratives and Emotions in Danish Rape Trials

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristine Louise Kristensen; [2023]
    Keywords : narrative; trial; rape; emotion; genres; story characters; rape myths; court ethnography; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the fact that rape is difficult to prove in court and trials primarily are based on the defendant’s word against the plaintiff’s, it becomes highly significant to study the narratives about rape presented in criminal trials. This thesis is an ethnographic-inspired study conduct-ed in Danish courts from January to May 2023. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hostile Sexism and The Acceptance of Rape Myths: The Role of Masculinity Threat in Two Salient Predictors of Sexual Violence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Everett Christensen; [2023]
    Keywords : Masculinity threat; precarious masculinity; social dominance; sexual violence; hostile sexism; rape myth acceptance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aimed to investigate the association between masculinity threat and two salient predictors of sexual assault: hostile sexism and rape myth acceptance. The thesis comprised two studies. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Rhetoric of Rape Justice: Unveiling the Cultural Meanings of Rape Narratives in Spanish Judicial Sentences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Rodriguez Rodriguez; [2023]
    Keywords : Narratives · Court · Rape trials · Master narratives · Cultural meanings; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Narratives play a crucial role both in people’s lives and in various areas of the social, cultural and political realms. This thesis, drawing from an understanding of judicial sentences as a type of narrative, explores the complex domain of rape justice within the Spanish legal system. READ MORE

  5. 4. The tale of having no control over your own body: Abortion and sex education in Poland

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oliwia Heintze; [2022]
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    Abstract : In November 2020 Constitutional Tribunal announced that it will start working on stricter abortion law in Poland. Poland has already one of the strictest abortion laws in the wholeEurope and this information and Constitutional’s Tribunal announcement created confusionamong the society. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Problem of Establishing Consent - A critical policy analysis of how the problem of establishing consent and voluntariness has changed in Swedish rape judgements after the consent law.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Fransson; [2022]
    Keywords : Consent; Voluntariness; Rape; Sweden; Critical policy analysis; Judgement; Legal discourse; Problematization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse and understand how the problem of establishing consent is represented in Swedish rape judgements before and after the consent-based legislation was enacted in 2018. The purpose is to elucidate differences in the court’s assessment of consent, as well as generate an understanding of how the court may maintain and reproduce problematic elements which are stereotyped in the legal assessment. READ MORE