Resisting Rape Myths and Doing Feminism in Legal Processes of Rape Cases

Sammanfattning

In this article, we draw on insights on contemporary feminist activism and explore practices of challenging previously dominating notions of rape in legal processes. We have analyzed interviews and recorded interrogations from ten rape cases, using thematic qualitative analysis. The results are presented in four sections representing the main themes identified through the analysis: lacking faith in the legal system, coproducing feminism through support, reporting the rape as a feminist act, and doing resistance in court. The analysis shows that both in the interviews with the complainants and in the court hearings, a feminist discourse centering around a critique of previously hegemonic notions about rape, as well as expressions of a feminist solidarity, was evident. We suggest that acts of everyday feminism are crucial for this kind of feminist discourse to come about in legal processes related to rape.

Nyckelord

rape; plaintiff; court; feminism; legal process; victim

Publicerad i

Social Politics
2025
Utgivare: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

SLU författare

• Gröndal, Hedvig

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Öckinger, Valentin

  • Institutionen för husdjurens biovetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
Statsvetenskap (Exklusive freds- och konfliktforskning)
Genusstudier

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxaf016

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/141510