Essays about: "sexuality and violence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words sexuality and violence.

  1. 1. Digital Threats Against Women Journalists in Mexico : Networks as a Coping Strategy

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Marie Krabbe; [2023]
    Keywords : Journalism; Women journalists; Digital threats; Online violence; Gender inequality; Gender-based violence; Mexico; Latin America; Journalist Networks; Impunity; Freedom of Expressionn;

    Abstract : Mexico is currently one the most dangerous countries in the world to practice journalism, with one of the highest death rates in the world. Violence against Mexican journalists has received significant attention from researchers, most recently when it comes to digital threats. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Affected Indifference, or Momentary Shame” : Gothic Awareness in Northanger Abbey and Mexican Gothic

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Andrea Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Jane Austen; Silvia Moreno-Garcia; Gothic awareness; female sexuality; sexual violence; domestic entrapment; exploitation;

    Abstract : Feminist scholars have focused on the Gothic as a medium for expressing the horrors of female experience in a patriarchal society. This study examines Gothic awareness in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic. READ MORE

  4. 3. "It is essentially about controlling women's sexuality". A critical study on on the communication of ‘honour-based violence’ in Swedish online courses.

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

    Author : Evelina Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : honour-based violence; gender; postcolonialism feminism; liberal feminism; symbolic violence; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the early 2000s, the issue of ‘honour-based violence’ has sparked significant discussions in Sweden, leading to governmental and civil efforts to combat this form of violence. An essential intervention highlighted in these efforts is improving knowledge among professionals in sectors such as social and healthcare, schools, and the judicial system. READ MORE

  5. 4. The perception of victims of sexual abuse in Kenyan popular media using examples from articles from The Star Magazine.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013)

    Author : Marta Murawska; [2022]
    Keywords : Perception of the victim; Gender-based violence; Sexual abuse; Intersectionality; Queer Theory; Kenya;

    Abstract : Sexual abuse is increasingly covered in mainstream public media in Kenyan magazines.This thesis examines the perception of victims of sexual abuse in public opinion through the lens of intersectional and queer theory. READ MORE

  6. 5. What is there to correct? : LGBTQI People’s Understanding of Sexual and Gender-based Violence in South Africa – A qualitative Study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Odell; Julia Udd; [2022]
    Keywords : LGBTQI; Violence; Gender; Rape; Heteronormativity; Sexuality; Norms; Inequality; Stigmatization; Corrective rape; Homophobia;

    Abstract : This thesis is a Minor Field Study carried out in Cape Town, South Africa, during March - May 2022. South Africa is suffering a high level of sexual and gender-based violence. LBGTQI people are extra vulnerable when it comes to sexual and gender-based violence, especially when it comes to corrective rapes. READ MORE