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The Sexuality of Violence [PDF]

open access: possible, 1998
N ed’s childhood was nearly unimaginable. His mother died when he was three. She used heroin and cocaine on a daily basis. At times, the cocaine made her so irritable and high that she used large doses of sedatives to “come down.” Needless to say, this dangerous mixing and balancing of drugs was far from scientific.
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Sexuality and sexual violence

2015
The Second World War was profoundly environmental as conflict transformed environments and human relationships with them. This chapter outlines various aspects of the war's environmental history through a focus on the relationship between militarized states, societies and environments during the period of totalizing warfare.
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Sexualized Torture and Sexually Torturous Violence

2023
Whether rape and sexualized violence is inherently perceived as torture is the subject of debate. For feminists such as Copelon (2004) and MacKinnon (2006), rape is in and of itself torture, while for others, such as Green and Ward (2004) and Rodley (2015, cited in Davis, 2017; see also Rodley, 2002), defining rape as torture lies in state ...
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Sexual Violence

2018
It takes seconds of impulsiveness for an act of sexual abuse to cross the thin line to convert into an act of sexual violence and vice-versa. There are cases where the act of sexual violence is initiated with consent, and there are acts of sexual violence that fall under the umbrella term sexual assault.
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Violence and sexual violence in pornography: Is it really increasing?

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1993
Literature and research on the question of the increasingly violent nature of pornography is reviewed. In addition, the paper reports the findings of a content analysis of all cartoons and pictures in Hustler Magazine from 1974 through 1987. Results indicate that sexually violent cartoons and/or pictorials constitute a relatively small proportion of ...
Joseph E. Scott, Steven J. Cuvelier
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Global Sexual Violence

2020
This chapter examines how sexual violence is defined, how it exists on a global scale and why it is a significant global health concern. It examines the various forms that sexual violence takes such as sexual harassment, stalking, rape, sexual assault and human trafficking.
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Mormonism and sexual violence

2020
In 2003, the kidnapping and prolonged sexual captivity of Elizabeth Smart brought renewed media attention to the incidents of sexual violence among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Church’s response to that abuse. Historically, violent religious persecution made Mormon women victims of wartime rapes; however, the ...
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Visualising Mass Violence and Sexual Violence

2018
Graphic novels that deal with genocide display a palpable urgency to address violence and the widespread destruction of the genocidal mechanism. This chapter traces the continuous negotiation between excess and restraint that informs representations of mass violence and sexual violence.
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Is intimate partner sexual violence a singular violence?

L'Encéphale
This study aims to examine the specificities of intimate partner sexual violence among heterosexual partners, as well as to contrast them to the sexual violence perpetrated by strangers or acquaintances.A narrative review was conducted to identify relevant findings in the scientific and medical literature to inform about intimate partner sexual ...
Cailleau, Virginie   +6 more
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Sexual and Reproductive Violence

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 2023
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