What accounts for the puzzling persistence of sexual assault of both women and men within the ranks of the US military? Despite increasing efforts to end this intraforce violence, sexual assault of...

The persistence of sexual assault within the US military

Out of the shadows? The inclusion of men and boys in conceptualisations of wartime sexual violence

Scholars, states and international organizations have begun to systematically count, document and compare sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in conflict-affected countries. Qualitative and quantitative studies point to a “tip of the iceberg” phenomenon, where there is a high prevalence but low level of actual reporting of SGBV. We investigate the conditions in which SGBV is reported or, more significantly, is not reported to discover the trends of reporting in politically oppressive environments where SGBV is thought to be occurring. We ask how the power to report in local conflict-affected areas is affected by national political tensions and pervasive gender discrimination. Reporting of SGBV in Myanmar, a country that has experienced multiple, protracted conflicts since independence, is examined. Analysis of open-access reports over a fifteen-year period reveals a pattern of silence that we argue is rooted in pervasive discriminatory civil and physical practices against women. Engaging with ...

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The politics of counting and reporting conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence: the case of Myanmar

Although wartime sexual violence against men occurs more frequently than is commonly assumed, its dynamics are remarkably underexplored, and male survivors’ experiences remain particularly overlooked. This reality is poignant in northern Uganda, where sexual violence against men during the early stages of the conflict was geographically widespread, yet now accounts of those incidents are not just silenced and neglected locally but also widely absent from analyses of the war. Based on rare empirical data, this book seeks to remedy this marginalization and to illuminate the seldom-heard voices of male sexual violence survivors in northern Uganda, bringing to light their experiences of gendered harms, agency, and justice. “Schulz offers a nuanced frame for understanding the dynamic and varied lived experiences of male survivors. Essential reading for anyone who wants to better comprehend conflict-related sexual violence as well as political violence more generally.” MARIA ERIKSSON BAAZ, author of Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond “This extraordinary book opens new conceptual pathways in and beyond the field of transitional justice. A rich exploration of justice as a survivor-led praxis and a generous methodological offering for conducting ethical research.” ERIN BAINES, author of Buried in the Heart: Women, Complex Victimhood and the War in Northern Uganda “In his ethnographically nuanced study, Schulz charts a more grounded approach to international justice. The Ugandan men who have survived wartime rape have a lot to teach us—about constructing non-oppressive masculinities, creating mutual support, and building gender-aware sustainable peace.” CYNTHIA ENLOE, author of The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging the Persistence of Patriarchy PHILIPP SCHULZ is a Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bremen’s Institute for Intercultural and International Studies.

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Male Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence : Perspectives from Northern Uganda

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Feminist international relations: some research agendas for a world in transition

INTRODUCTION - Sexual Violence Against Men in Global Politics Marysia Zalewski, Paula Drumond, Elisabeth Prugl, and Maria Stern "Tribulations" - Poem by Nziza D.Harouna SECTION 1: PROVOCATIONS Chapter 1 - Provocations in Debates about Sexual Violence against Men Marysia Zalewski Chapter 2 - Battle-Induced Urotrauma, Sexual Violence, and American Servicemen Chris Hendershot Chapter 3 - Masculinity, Men and Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military Elizabeth Mesok Chapter 4 - Languages of Castration - Male genital mutilation in conflict and its embedded messages Henri Myrttinen Chapter 5 - Medical Approaches to Sexual Violence in War, in Guidelines and in Practice Caroline Cottet Chapter 6 - The Political Economy of Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict Sara Meger Reflections Reflections on Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in Global Politics Paul Higate and Nivi Manchanda Homo Interruptus Paul Kirby Can Our Intellectual Curiosity on Gender Cause Harm? Madeline Rees Gender, Sex and Sexual Violence Against Men Laura J. Shepherd Not for the faint of heart: reflections on rape, gender, and conflict Lara Stemple SECTION 2: FRAMING Chapter 7 - Uncovering Men's Narratives of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Michele Leiby Chapter 8 - Sex, Violence and Heteronormativity: Re-visiting performances of sexual violence against men in former Yugoslavia Paula Drumond Chapter 9 - "Only a fool..." Why Men Don't Disclose Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in an Age of Global Media Chris Dolan Chapter 10 - Masculine subjectivities in United Nations discourse on gender violence (1970-2015): perpetrators, allies, and victims Gizeh Becerra Chapter 11 - Sexual Violence or torture? The Framing of Sexual Violence against Men in armed conflict in Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Reports Thomas Charman Chapter 12 - Conflict-related Sexual Violence Against Men and the International Criminal Jurisprudence Patricia Viseur Sellers and Leo Nwoye Reflections Familiar Stories, the Policing of Knowledge and Other Challenges Ahead Maria Eriksson Baaz Reflections on the Slippery Politics of Framing Harriet Gray Male Victims: A blind spot in law Charu Hogg Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Congo Ilot Muthaka SGBV Against Men and Boys as a Site of Theoretical and Political Contestation Jill Steans "People you May Know" - Poem by Kevin Kantor

Sexual violence against men in global politics

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Conflict-related sexual violence

\n In recent years, debates around sexual violence against men (SVAM) started to gain momentum in policy and research. Yet, the conceptualization and empirical identification of SVAM became a matter of political contestation, with incidents often being depicted through de-sexualized labels such as ‘inhumane acts’ and ‘cruel treatment’. The fluidity of sexual meanings surrounding these episodes highlights the intricate relationship between ‘sex’ and ‘violence’: Do we always already know what sexual violence is? What does the language of sexual violence obscure, flatten and trivialize? This contribution draws on Marysia Zalewski's interventions to interrogate concepts and framings commonly used to ‘read’ episodes of sexual violence against men. In particular, it follows Zalewski and Runyan's efforts to ‘unthink’ what we ‘know’ and how we ‘know’ sexual violence against men in global politics, while interrogating the relationship between sex and violence in particular performances of bodily violence. The analysis draws on extensive archival research conducted in the files of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Surveyed documents include records and proceedings, such as trial transcripts and statements of victims and witnesses involved in incidents of violence against men during the conflicts in former Yugoslavia and Peru.

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Paula Drumond

Papers

Sexual violence against men in global politics

Strategic support for the distribution of vaccines against Covid-19 to Brazilian remote areas: A multicriteria approach in the light of the ELECTRE-MOr method

Strategy study to prioritize marketing criteria: an approach in the light of the DEMATEL method

Conflict-related sexual violence

What about men? Towards a critical interrogation of sexual violence against men in global politics