In:
Violence Against Women, SAGE Publications, Vol. 11, No. 3 ( 2005-03), p. 374-413
Abstract:
Qualitative data are used to examine the process by which women come to label their unwanted sexual experiences with dating partners as sexual abuse or assault, as well as the factors that impede such labeling. Issues of consent, causal attributions, and minimization were found to be central to understanding why women did or did not label. Labeling was generally a gradual process and was most often triggered by social support seeking. Women who did not label typically defined the incident as something less serious than sexual abuse or assault, although some provided definitions indicating that they had felt victimized.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1077-8012
,
1552-8448
DOI:
10.1177/1077801204272240
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2005
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2031375-5
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1