05 The grim reality that inspired Mardi’s PhD

In the fifth episode of our Consent & Coercion 101 series, we dive into the *really* interesting research that inspired Mardi’s PhD on sexual coercion.

This includes two epic bits of research that debunk the ‘miscommunication theory’ (the theory that date rape is merely a result of men and women “not understanding each other”) and proof that, actually, men do know how to do consent – even when they claim that it’s confusing.

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Resources

• Armstrong, E, Gleckman-Krut, M & Johnson, L 2018, ‘Silence, power & inequality: an intersectional approach to sexual violence’, Annual Review of Sociology, 44(1), pp.99-122
• Beres, M 2014, ‘Rethinking the concept of consent for anti-sexual violence activism and education’, Feminism and Psychology, 24(3), pp.373-389
• Beres, M, Senn, C & McCaw, J 2014, ‘Navigating ambivalence: how heterosexual young adults make sense of desire differences'
• Conly, S 2004, ‘Seduction, rape, and coercion’, Ethics, 115(1), pp.96-121
• Kitzinger, C & Frith, H 1999, ‘Just Say No? The use of conversation analysis in developing a feminist perspective on sexual refusal’, Discourse and Society, 10(3), pp.293–316
• O’Byrne, R, Rapley, M & Hansen, S 2006, ‘“You couldn’t say ‘No’, could you?”: young men’s understandings of sexual refusal’, Feminism & Psychology, 16(2), pp.133-154
• O’Byrne, R, Hansen, S & Rapley, M 2008, ‘“If a girl doesn't say ‘no’...”: young men, rape and claims of “insufficient knowledge”’, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 18(3), pp.168–193
• Powell, A 2010, Sex, power and consent: youth culture and the unwritten rules, Cambridge University Press, Australia