Adopting a feminist approach, 'Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence' offers extensive new empirical material, challenging the assumption that the deterrent effect of making rape trials more visible would reduce the occurrence of sexual violence in conflict situations. It contends instead that the manner in which cases are handled both increases the victims' sense of shame and serves to propagate a representation of women's bodies that may actually serve to increase the use of sexual violence during war.
Adopting a feminist approach, 'Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence' offers extensive new empirical material, challenging the assumption that the deterrent effect of making rape trials more visible would reduce the occurrence of sexual violence in conflict situations. It contends instead that the manner in which cases are handled both increases the victims' sense of shame and serves to propagate a representation of women's bodies that may actually serve to increase the use of sexual violence during war.
Sara Sharratt is Emerita Professor of Psychology from Sonoma State University in California and Professor of Gender and Peace Building at the University for Peace in Costa Rica
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Introduction Chapter 1 Historical Background Chapter 2 Legal Background on International Criminal Tribunals Chapter 3 Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 4 Methods of Investigation Chapter 5 Voices from the Court Chapter 6 The Courts Surveyed Chapter 7 Protective Measures Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Discussion and Recommendations from the Court Chapter 10 Recommendations