Against our will: Men, women, and rape

The Science Question in Feminism

Science as Social Knowledge. Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry

Violence and Victims

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Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences and Services to Assist Recovery

Individuals who are exposed to traumatic events that violate their moral values may experience severe distress and functional impairments known as "moral injuries." Over the last decade, moral injury has captured the attention of mental health care providers, spiritual and faith communities, media outlets, and the general public. Research about moral injury, especially among military personnel and veterans, has also proliferated. For this article, we reviewed scientific research about moral injury. We identified 116 relevant epidemiological and clinical studies. Epidemiological studies described a wide range of biological, psychological/behavioral, social, and religious/spiritual sequelae associated with exposure to potentially morally injurious events. Although a dearth of empirical clinical literature exists, some authors debated how moral injury might and might not respond to evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) whereas others identified new treatment models to directly address moral repair. Limitations of the literature included variable definitions of potentially morally injurious events, the absence of a consensus definition and gold-standard measure of moral injury as an outcome, scant study of moral injury outside of military-related contexts, and clinical investigations limited by small sample sizes and unclear mechanisms of therapeutic effect. We conclude our review by summarizing lessons from the literature and offering recommendations for future research.

Moral Injury: An Integrative Review

Based on focus group and individual interviews with 26 combat veterans, this qualitative thematic analysis examines the psychosocial and interpersonal consequences of killing in war. It describes t...

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Veterans’ Perspectives on the Psychosocial Impact of Killing in War

Selected Contents: Introduction: Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary 1. "Just Fantasy": Rethinking the Pornographic, the Fantastic, and the Real 2. Golden-Age Assaults: Heat and Hostility in 1970s Pornography 3. Romance and Rebellion: The Two Faces of 1980s Pornography 4. Expressive Bodies, Intense Encounters: Realism in 1990s Pornography 5. Banal Brutality: In Search of Extremes in 2000s Pornography 6. Sex, Gender, and Power: Aesthetics of Arousal in Contemporary Pornography 7. Body and Soul: Pleasure, Pain, and Self-Revelation in Today's Hardcore 8.Conclusion: Pornography, Feminism, and Tomorrow's Sexual Politics

Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography

This paper evaluates the Impact of Killing (IOK) treatment—a psychological intervention designed to address moral injury and trauma associated with killing in war. Using qualitative data from inter...

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Healing from moral injury: a qualitative evaluation of the impact of Killing Treatment for combat veterans

Based on focus group and individual interviews with 26 combat veterans, thisqualitative thematic analysis examines the psychosocial and interpersonalconsequences of killing in war. It describes the consequences that veteransidentify as most relevant in their lives, including postwar changes in emotions,cognitions, relationships, and identity. Furthermore, it illustrates the linkedpsychological and social dimensions of those consequences—namely, howthe impact of killing in war is rooted in the unique perspectives, actions, andexperiences of individual veterans, as well as the social worlds they confrontupon returning from war. We found that, for many veterans, killing provokesa moral conflict with a lasting impact on their sense of self, spirituality, andrelationships with others. In working with combat veterans, mental healthprofessionals should be sensitive to the complexities of discussing killing andattuned to the psychosocial challenges veterans may face after taking a lifein war.

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Natalie Purcell

Papers

Moral Injury: An Integrative Review

Veterans’ Perspectives on the Psychosocial Impact of Killing in War

Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography

Healing from moral injury: a qualitative evaluation of the impact of Killing Treatment for combat veterans

Veterans' Perspectives on the Psychosocial Impact of Killing in War - eScholarship