Sexual Violence

Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute)

Description

We invite submissions that explore the topics of sexual violence, gendered dimensions of war and political conflict, and structural forms of coercion and control. In light of ongoing global crises and shifting geopolitical landscapes—from sites of war and displacement such as Gaza, Ukraine, the Congo and beyond—this call seeks to foreground the ways in which gender, sexuality, and power are negotiated under conditions of insecurity. We are especially interested in work that examines how security regimes, political reforms, and struggles against violence shape both collective and intimate life. Topics might include (but are not limited to) intimate relationships, feminist and queer analyses of militarization, digital sexual politics (e.g., “femosphere” and “red pill” ideologies), and the politics of repair and resistance. Papers attentive to intersectionality, embodiment, and transnational perspectives are particularly encouraged. Together, this panel will examine how global systems of violence, coercion, and reform reverberate within the most intimate dimensions of human experience.

Sub Unit

• Sociology of Sex and Gender Section / Sexual Violence

Presider

• Alyssa J Davis, Vanderbilt University

Individual Presentations

• Chain Identification: The Making of a Mass Feminist Movement in Latin America - Inés Martínez Echagüe, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• Gender-Based Violence, Heritage, and Power at Timbuktu - Fiona Greenland, University of Virginia; Mahso Gichiki, University of Virginia

• Tied and Trapped: Migrant Farmworkers’ Experiences of Gender-based Violence in South Korea - Choon Hee Woo, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Trauma as Political Catalyst: How Chinese #MeToo Whistleblowers Transform Trauma into Social Change - Yunjing Ni, University of Notre Dame

• United we litigate, divided we legislate: Divergent feminist mobilization in South Korean statutory rape law reform - Joohyun Park, Yonsei University

Session Organizer

• Sonny M. Nordmarken, Georgia State University