Session 8b: Regulated Sexualities

6th Global Conference

Tuesday 10th November – Thursday 12th November 2009
Salzburg, Austria

Uncomfortable territory? The Relationship between Gender, Intoxication and Rape
Gemma Clarke
Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

This paper explores the relationship between gender and intoxication within reported rape. Drawing upon a sample of 1,743 allegations of victim intoxicated rape made to the London Metropolitan Police Service over two years between September 2006 and August 2008, it is established that patterns of reported rape are significantly divided significantly along gender lines. The findings show that men and women who report intoxicated rape differ in terms of age, vulnerabilities and type of intoxication. Using gender and gendered discourses as a lens to view reported rape, the paper explores the way in which rape myths, victim-blame and ambivalent attitudes towards sex and intoxication affect men and women differently, engendering differences in patterns of victimisation and reporting behaviour.

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Rape and Sexual Consent: Legal Discourse and Cultural and Communicative Action
Paul Reynolds
Reader in Sociology and Social Philosophy, Programme Leader in Sociology and Social Psychology, Department of Social and Psychological Sciences, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom

No abstract is presently available