Lesbian Safety Talk

Problematizing Definitions and Experiences of Violence, Sexuality and Space

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2392671
AutoresKaren Corteen (0000-0001-6065-8021, Edge Hill College, Lancashire, UK, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen5
Número3
Páginas259-280
Fecha de publicación2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363460702005003001
OpenAlexW2164154045
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas13

The `Violence, Sexuality and Space' Research Project is the first major research project in Britain to explore how `safe', `public' spaces are created and sustained in response to homophobic violence. The research presented here examines lesbian safety talk and centres on lesbian focus group participants' responses to headline findings from a large-scale survey. The article illustrates the complexities involved in defining and interpreting violence and safety. It highlights the temporal and relative context of space, together with the importance of subjective, social and ideological constructions of violence and safety. The impact of sexuality on risk assessment and safety strategies is discussed alongside the influence of gender presentation, gender deviation and interpretative frameworks

Gender, Security, and Conflict · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy