The purpose of this study was to examine voluntary organizations' perceptions of the newsexual offenses legislation, the so-called consent law, as well as their experiences andperceptions of attitudes and norms linked to women's sexual integrity and self-determination.The study aims to highlight the effectiveness of the consent law to have a normative effect andchange harmful attitudes and norms in society around women's bodies. To investigate this, aqualitative study was used where semi-structured interviews were conducted with participantsfrom various voluntary organizations. The study concluded that the consent law to some extenthad the normative effect that was hoped for, at least as far as can be seen at present. The studyalso showed that the preventive work and dissemination of knowledge is an important part oftrying to change the harmful attitudes and norms in the society, partly because the legislationshould work to the maximum and partly because the legislation itself cannot eliminate sexualabuse. However, legislation is necessary and an important step towards a society without sexualabuse and where women's bodies are not objectified.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ths-1200 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Lindmark, Emmy |
| Publisher | Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm, Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Page generated in 0.0016 seconds