Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint
The victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure contexts was studied in this work by applying a novel approximation. A multifocal analytical strategy based on an intersectional gender-sensitive approach was used to analyse the evidence coming from both forensic...
| Authors: | ; ; ; |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Publication date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repository: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/45974 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45974 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110460 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) Sexual violence Date-rape drugs Young women Violence against women Victimization by opportunistic DFSA Química Chemistry |
| _version_ | 1878739929864863744 |
|---|---|
| author | Prego Meleiro, Pablo|||0000-0002-8242-0361 |
| author2 | Montalvo García, Gemma|||0000-0002-5640-8908 Quintela Jorge, Óscar García Ruiz, Carmen|||0000-0001-5925-3449 |
| author2_role | author author author |
| author_browse | García Ruiz, Carmen|||0000-0001-5925-3449 Montalvo García, Gemma|||0000-0002-5640-8908 Prego Meleiro, Pablo|||0000-0002-8242-0361 Quintela Jorge, Óscar |
| author_facet | Prego Meleiro, Pablo|||0000-0002-8242-0361 Montalvo García, Gemma|||0000-0002-5640-8908 Quintela Jorge, Óscar García Ruiz, Carmen|||0000-0001-5925-3449 |
| author_role | author |
| collection | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| description | The victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure contexts was studied in this work by applying a novel approximation. A multifocal analytical strategy based on an intersectional gender-sensitive approach was used to analyse the evidence coming from both forensic case studies and contextual studies about sexual interrelation and drug use. The process of victimization comprises social changes affecting consumption patterns and sexual interaction, intersecting in the hegemonic recreational nightlife model. However, victims experience a range of situations that make it difficult for them to self-acknowledge themselves as such. Widespread myths about the victimization process add to the social questioning faced by victims, stemming from gender-based double standards which condition the expected female behaviors regarding the use of drugs and sexual interaction. The victims usually experience amnesia, lack of injuries and emotional harm, which make difficult the self-acknowledgement as a victim of sexual assault and the reporting of the episode suffered. Consequently, it is an urgent public health need to implement a new viewpoint about the victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure contexts, able to increase awareness of the severity of this form of sexual violence. Society must recognize the existence of this problem within itself to help victims to acknowledge themselves as such, lodge a complaint and seek adequate help. The lack of this social support feeds the perpetuation of the victimization process, which exacerbates the risk of locking victims into spirals of cyclical re-victimization and favors both the underreporting as well as inadequate coping strategies. |
| eu_rights_str_mv | openAccess |
| format | article |
| id | ES_ca9f4e5ea9fabc0d5dffdb71c762410c |
| institution | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| instname_str | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| language | eng |
| network_acronym_str | ES |
| network_name_str | España |
| oai_identifier_str | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/45974 |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| reponame_str | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| spelling | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint Prego Meleiro, Pablo|||0000-0002-8242-0361 Montalvo García, Gemma|||0000-0002-5640-8908 Quintela Jorge, Óscar García Ruiz, Carmen|||0000-0001-5925-3449 Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) Sexual violence Date-rape drugs Young women Violence against women Victimization by opportunistic DFSA Química Chemistry The victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure contexts was studied in this work by applying a novel approximation. A multifocal analytical strategy based on an intersectional gender-sensitive approach was used to analyse the evidence coming from both forensic case studies and contextual studies about sexual interrelation and drug use. The process of victimization comprises social changes affecting consumption patterns and sexual interaction, intersecting in the hegemonic recreational nightlife model. However, victims experience a range of situations that make it difficult for them to self-acknowledge themselves as such. Widespread myths about the victimization process add to the social questioning faced by victims, stemming from gender-based double standards which condition the expected female behaviors regarding the use of drugs and sexual interaction. The victims usually experience amnesia, lack of injuries and emotional harm, which make difficult the self-acknowledgement as a victim of sexual assault and the reporting of the episode suffered. Consequently, it is an urgent public health need to implement a new viewpoint about the victimization of women by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault in leisure contexts, able to increase awareness of the severity of this form of sexual violence. Society must recognize the existence of this problem within itself to help victims to acknowledge themselves as such, lodge a complaint and seek adequate help. The lack of this social support feeds the perpetuation of the victimization process, which exacerbates the risk of locking victims into spirals of cyclical re-victimization and favors both the underreporting as well as inadequate coping strategies. Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45974 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110460 |
| spellingShingle | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint Prego Meleiro, Pablo|||0000-0002-8242-0361 Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) Sexual violence Date-rape drugs Young women Violence against women Victimization by opportunistic DFSA Química Chemistry |
| title | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| title_full | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| title_fullStr | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| title_short | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| title_sort | Increasing awareness of the severity of female victimization by opportunistic drug-facilitated sexual assault: A new viewpoint |
| topic | Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) Sexual violence Date-rape drugs Young women Violence against women Victimization by opportunistic DFSA Química Chemistry |
| topic_facet | Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) Sexual violence Date-rape drugs Young women Violence against women Victimization by opportunistic DFSA Química Chemistry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45974 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110460 |