Women therapists not immune to sexual involvement suits

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Turkington ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Women Therapists ◽  
Sexual Involvement

Depth of Sexual Involvement Scale

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marita P. McCabe ◽  
John K. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Involvement

Predictors of sexual involvement among adolescents in rural Jamaica

2004 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
JoAna Stallworth ◽  
Michele Roofe ◽  
Leslie F Clark ◽  
John Ε Ehiri ◽  
Snigdha Mukherjee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Involvement

Academic Harassment: Sex and Denial in Scholarly Garb

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise F. Fitzgerald ◽  
Lauren M. Weitzman ◽  
Yael Gold ◽  
Mimi Ormerod
Keyword(s):  
Women Students ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Professors ◽  
Sexual Interaction ◽  
Sexual Involvement ◽  
Male Faculty

Although much has been written concerning the sexual harassment of university students, no research has yet directly examined the behaviors of university professors themselves. The present study describes the responses of 235 male faculty members of a prestigious, research-oriented university who responded to a survey inquiring about social and sexual interaction among faculty and students. Although the majority of the responses focused on mentoring and social interactions, a sizable minority (26%) reported sexual involvement with women students. In addition to item frequencies, a structural analysis of the phenomenon of academic harassment is presented, and discussed in the context of the subjects' responses to an open-ended invitation to comment on the study.

scholarly journals “At Home with Zoe”: Becoming Animal in Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Bárbara Arizti
Keyword(s):  
Gender Issues ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Animal Kingdom ◽  
Sexual Involvement ◽  
Period Term ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Seamless Connection ◽  
Natural Way ◽  
The Continuum

This paper focuses on Charlotte Wood’s 2015 dystopian novel The Natural Way of Things. Set in an unnamed place in the Australian outback, it recounts the story of 10 girls in their late teens and early twenties who are kept prisoners by a mysterious corporate organisation for their sexual involvement with an array of powerful men. The novel’s title invites two main readings: the first, and perhaps more obvious, along gender lines; and the second, which will provide the backbone to my analysis, within the framework of the natural world, the animal kingdom in particular. The Natural Way of Things has been described as a study in contemporary misogyny and the workings of patriarchy. The ingrained sexism of society—the insidious, normalised violence against females, often blamed on them, glossing over male responsibility—is undoubtedly the central topic of Wood’s work. Without losing sight of gender issues, my approach to Wood’s novel is inspired by Rosi Braidotti’s posthuman theories on the continuum nature–culture and the primacy of zoe—“the non-human, vital force of life”—over bios, or life as “the prerogative of Anthropos” (Rosi Braidotti). According to Braidotti, the current challenges to anthropocentrism question the distinction between these two forms of life, highlighting instead the seamless connection between the natural world and culture and favouring a consideration of the subject as embodied, nomadic and relational. My reading of The Natural Way of Things in light of Braidotti’s insights will be supplemented by an analysis of the novel in the context of transmodernity, both a period term and a distinct way of being in the world theorised by critics such as Rosa M. Rodríguez Magda and Marc Luyckx, who emphasise the relational, interdependent nature of contemporary times from a more human-centred perspective. The Natural Way of Things is also a story of female empowerment. This is especially the case with Yolanda Kovacs and Verla Learmont, the two protagonist women, who step out of their roles as victims and stand up to their guards. My analysis of the novel will revolve around these two characters and their different reactions to confinement and degradation. I conclude that although a more zoe-centred conception of the human subject that acknowledges the human–animal continuum should definitely be welcomed, literally “becoming animal”, as Yolanda does, deprives one of meaningful human relationality, embodied in the novel in Verla’s memories of her caring, empathic relationship with her father.

Unwanted Sexual Experiences among Christian College Women: Saying no on the Inside

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia J. Neal ◽  
Michael W. Mangis
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Roles ◽  
College Women ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Date Rape ◽  
Christian College ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Experiences ◽  
Sexual Involvement

Of 332 female college students who responded to a survey, 51% indicated that they had experienced an unwanted sexual incident. Twenty percent of the incidents occurred in childhood and 72% in adolescence or young adulthood. The stories fell into several categories: 15% were rated as sexual assault by a stranger, 11% as date rape, 13% as incest, and 55% as “lost voice.” Extent of the sexual involvement ranged from mild (7%), to kissing (14%), petting (45%), and intercourse (20%). The majority of situations involved a boyfriend, friend, or family member. Subjects also assessed their parents’ attitudes on gender roles. Those subjects who reported unwanted sexual experiences rated their fathers’ and mothers’ views of women as significantly more traditional than subjects who had not reported such experiences. These data suggest that parents’ attitudes about gender roles may be related to vulnerability and lead to unwanted sexual experiences.

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