Lesbian Safety Talk

Problematizing Definitions and Experiences of Violence, Sexuality and Space

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2392671
AutoresKaren Corteen (0000-0001-6065-8021, Edge Hill College, Lancashire, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume5
Fascículo3
Páginas259-280
Data de publicação2002-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSexualities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363460702005003001
OpenAlexW2164154045
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências 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