Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2010.

Diss. Örebro : Örebro universitet, 2010.

Bakgrund: En tredjedel av världens kvinnor upplever våld eller sexuellt våld under sin livstid. Hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal har en central roll i omhändertagandet av utsatta människor. Sjuksköterskor tenderar att sakna kunskaper för att ge rätt vård för kvinnor som utsatts för sexuella övergrepp men framtagna riktlinjer och rekommendationer implementeras eller efterföljs inte. Syfte: Litteraturstudiens syfte är att belysa sjuksköterskors upplevelse av att vårda kvinnor utsatta för sexuella övergrepp. Metod: Litteraturstudie där tio forskningsartiklar utvärderats, kvalitetsgranskats och analyserats enligt kvalitativ metodik. Resultat: Att vårda kvinnor utsatta för sexuella övergrepp innebär stor psykisk påfrestning och ständig oro för sjuksköterskor. Sjuksköterskor möter hinder för en god omvårdnad i stigmatisering och skuldbeläggning, de känner osäkerhet inför att fråga om sexualitet i allmänhet och sexuella övergrepp i synnerhet. Sjuksköterskor har otillräckliga kunskaper om våld mot kvinnor och önskar mer utbildning i ämnet. För att bearbeta sina upplevelser talar sjuksköterskor med kollegor, familj och deltar i debriefingmöten. Konklusion: Det är känslomässigt dränerande att jobba med sexuellt utsatta kvinnor. Sjuksköterskan är ofta den första som möter den utsatta kvinnan och därför är adekvat utbildning och stöd från arbetsgivare av stor vikt för minskad psykisk belastning.

Diss. Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2006.

Diss. Uppsala : Univ., 2003.

This essay is a selective review of Nordic literature with the aim to explore contemporary conceptions of male-on-female rape, to increase the understanding of how these can construct “a real rape”. To achieve this two questions were formulated: What circumstances can cause an incident not to be defined as rape? What circumstances can cause an incident to be defined as rape? Searches in international and Swedish databases led to initial selection of peer-review journal articles and dissertations that were reviewed against set criteria. These criteria were met by 8 studies, that were assigned codes, from which comprehensive categories were developed. The categories were analysed using Yvonne Hirdman’s concepts gender, separation and male superiority. The analysis shows that circumstances connected to the overall categories Situation, Victim and Offender construct “a real rape”. The circumstances are Relation, Alcohol, Saying no and how it is done, The woman’s sexuality, Resistance, How the woman feels afterwards, Physical violence, and Ordinary, normal and good men. It seems easier to define an incident as rape when these circumstances occur the “right” way. In conclusion, rape is constructed as a rather narrow concept which could make it difficult for women to name experiences as rape.

Diss. Linköping : Univ., 2003.

The man and the blame – A gender theoretical study of how the victim and the perpetrator are represented in Expressen’s reporting of rape during the trial against Kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault. The theoretical frame of this study is Joan W. Scotts theory of poststructural feminism and Yvonne Hirdmans theory about the gender system, gender contract and the woman’s subordination. To examine how the victim and the perpetrator is represented in Expressen’s reporting of rape during the trial against Kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault a method of critical discource analysis, CDA, has been used. The result of the study showed that the representation of the victim and the perpetrator in Expressen is strives towards equality in the representation in comparison with the international studies that are presented in the study where the victim, often women, are represented as perpetrators and the perpetrator, often men, are represented as victims in the news media reportage of rape when it comes to both Australia and the United kingdom. / Mannen och skulden – En genusteoretisk studie om hur offer och gärningsman representeras i Expressens rapportering av våldtäkt under rättegången mot kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault. Studiens teoretiska ramverk utgörs av Joan W. Scotts teori om poststrukturell feminism och Yvonne Hirdmans teori om genussystemet, genuskontrakt och kvinnans underordnande. För att undersöka hur offret och gärningsmannen representeras i Expressens våldtäktsrapportering under rättegången mot kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault har metoden kritisk diskursanalys använts. Studiens resultat visade att Expressens representation av offret och gärningsmannen strävar mot jämlikhet i jämförelse med de internationella studier som presenteras i studien där offret, ofta kvinnor, representeras som gärningsmän och gärningsmannen, ofta män, representeras som offer i nyhetsmedias våldtäktsrapporteringar i både Australien och Storbritannien.

This discourse analysis looks into discursive constructions of sexual acts as sexual crimes or as “regular” sexual practices in the media debate following the #metoo movement in Sweden. The analysis is focused on three cases of accusations of sexual crimes against famous men. By relating linguistic constructions of sexual acts to how the women and men involved are portrayed, the analysis shows how the meaning of sexual practices as crimes or not seems to be dialectically related to discursive constructions of men and women. The analysis shows that women inhabit three different positions in the material, that of the brave hero warning others of sexual criminals, that of the revenge artist mobilizing media storms and that of the active victim, who is partly responsible for the crimes committed against her. The men in the material inhabit three positions as well, the role of the sexual criminal, the role of the “asshole” and the role of the victim of harsh media storms and revengeful women. The findings shine light on the #metoo movement by showing there might be a preferred narrative involved. The analysis points to the female victims of sexual crime having to be heroes for the sexual acts to be linguistically constructed as actual crimes in the media reports. However, the results also show a contradicting story, that of small changes in narrative from earlier “rape myths” which may make possible small shifts in discourse being circulated throughout different institutions in society. The most important finding is that the juridical discourse seems to have a prominent place in the order of discourse surrounding sexual assault, since all discursive constructions of the acts, the men and the women relate in some way to the law and the justice system. Following this, there seems to be a need for other ways of talking about sexual acts that for some reason cannot lead to a conviction but still feels like violations to one of the parties involved.