What Support? Foucault, Power, and the Construction of Rape

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ID12875498
AuthorsA Javaid (0000-0003-0329-2398, University of East London, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume15
Issue1
Pages36-60
Publication date2019-05-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077
PublisherUniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18778/1733-8077.15.1.02
OpenAlexW2949193941
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited33

This paper is concerned with the social and cultural constructions of male rape in voluntary agencies, England. Using sociological, cultural, and post-structural theoretical frameworks, mainly the works of Foucault, I demonstrate the ways in which male rape is constructed and reconstructed in such agencies. Social and power relations, social structures, and time and place shape their discourses, cultures, and constructions pertaining to male rape. This means that constructions of male rape are neither fixed, determined, nor unchanging at any time and place, but rather negotiated and fluid. I theorize the data—which was collected through semi-structured interviews and qualitative questionnaires—including male rape counselors, therapists, and voluntary agency caseworkers. The theoretical and conceptual underpinnings that frame and elucidate the data contribute to sociological understandings of male rape

Agency (philosophy · Criminology · Epistemology · Frame (networking · Power (physics · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Structure and agency · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology

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