Discourses of sexual coercion in the talk of university students

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dc.contributor.authorGmeiner, Lauren
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-13T11:55:59Z
dc.date.available2015-02-13T11:55:59Z
dc.date.issued2015-02-13
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, School of Human and Community Development, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Community-Based Counselling Psychology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg February 2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this research was to investigate the discourses employed by young heterosexual male and female university students in the constructions of sexual coercion within the context of focus group discussions. Talk was elicited through a semi-structured interview schedule that included questions regarding intimate relationships, the dynamics that arise within such relationships, and sexual engagement. Both the emerging dominant discourses employed in the construction of sexual coercion and those that functioned as contestation were analysed by means of a critical approach to discourse analysis. This research is situated in a critical paradigm and makes use of social constructionist assumptions. The prominent themes that emerged concerned gender, sexual initiation, sexual refusal, reduction in culpability and rape. The research participants appeared to rely heavily on dominant gender discourses (male sex drive, sexual double standard, etc.) to negotiate their sexual interactions with limited ability to challenge such taken-for-granted assumptions. Attempts to resist dominant discourse were made but never fully realised, however resistance was provided through the use of the progressive male discourse. It is through the intersection of discourse that an environment that fosters sexual coercion emerges. Most significantly the research reveals that there is insufficient understanding of sexual coercion which may facilitate opportunities for its occurrenceen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16986
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.titleDiscourses of sexual coercion in the talk of university studentsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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