Sexual Violence and Compulsory Heterosexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12259014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jenny Kitzinger (0000-0002-2593-8033, MRC medical sociology unit in Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 399-418 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminism & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-3535 • E-ISSN: 1461-7161 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959353592023007 |
| OpenAlex | W1997149407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 17 |
This study examines psychological theorizing about the impact of childhood sexual abuse on women's sexuality. I argue that the psychological definitions of, and treatments for, `sexual dysfunction' are instruments of oppression designed to enforce heterosexuality and obscure feminist questions about the links between sexual violence and `normal' sexual relationships. We urgently need to reclaim a radical feminist way of understanding experience that rejects compulsory heterosexuality and demands social revolution, instead of simply promoting individual adaptation
Criminology · Heterosexuality · Human sexuality · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
No safe haven
Sexuality, Innocence and Agency in Narratives of Childhood Sexual Abuse
‘It's got to be about enjoying yourself’
Beyond a single story
The Mediating Role of Objects in Recollections of Adult Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
La identidad sexual en clave lesbiana. Tensiones político-conceptuales
Compulsory sexuality’
Dis/Locating Blame
The Use of Narrative Therapy and Internal Family Systems with Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
The Feminist Therapy Institute Code of Ethics
Rape
How can we help when she won't tell us what's wrong?’ Professionals working with South Asian women who have experienced sexual abuse
Refusing to be Marginalized
Deconstructing Autobiographical Accounts of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Constructions of `Culture' in Accounts of South Asian Women Survivors of Sexual Violence
The Politics of Women's Self-Help Books
IV. Child Sexual Abuse and the Academic Construction of Symptomatologies
The Debate about Delayed Memories of Child Sexual Abuse
The pornography of representation
The social construction of lesbianism
Incest
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Hidden victims
An inventory for the measurement of female sexual arousability
Pornography, Men Possessing Women
Sexual Molestation and Rape Reported by Homosexual and Heterosexual Women
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2016 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |