Sökning: "Sexual violence"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 112 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sexual violence.
1. Exposed to Violence
Sammanfattning : Violence against women is a crime against human rights and a major global public health issue affecting the lives of millions of girls and women worldwide. Exposure to violence poses a threat to health, both in the short and the long term. LÄS MER
2. Separationer och mäns våld mot kvinnor : Separations and men's violence against women
Sammanfattning : Men's violence against women is analysed in the context of heterosexual relationships which have ended. The process of separation and the negotiations on custody, visitation and maintenance are affected by men's use of violence and these processes also change the conditions for and the extent of that violence. LÄS MER
3. Subjects of Violence : On Gender and Recognition in Young Men’s Violence Against Women
Sammanfattning : The dissertation concerns young men’s violence against women partners. It is based on in-depth qualitative interviews with nine men who have been violent against women partners in their youth, and an additional interview with the mother of one of the young men. LÄS MER
4. Raising the Costs or Lowering the Bar : International influences on conflict-related sexual violence
Sammanfattning : This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). More specifically, the four essays it contains advance our understanding of CRSV by shedding light on the intersection between international involvement and CRSV perpetrated by states and rebel groups engaged in civil war. LÄS MER
5. Violence, power, and justice : A feminist contribution to Christian sexual ethics
Sammanfattning : This study discusses how male battering of women can be understood through due attention to contemporary psychological and sociological interpretations and concludes that a critical feminist perspective offers the most adequate explanation of the problem. Feminist theories on the function of male violence in patriarchal societies coupled with theories on power and the social construction of sexuality as well as feminist theories about the institution of heterosexual marriage are then discussed; the result is a serious critique of marriage as an institution which is not safe with regard to women, reproducing and reaffirming as it does the patriarchal power relations of the sexes. LÄS MER