Compromised masculinities: issues surrounding rape and sexual torture of men in conflict situations

This thesis explores media reporting on wartime sexual violence against men, set against commonly-held notions of gender and masculinity, to uncover how male sexual victimization is constructed and discussed. A discourse analysis of several daily newspapers was conducted. Findings show that there wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sorensen, Tina A.
Other Authors: Woolford, Andrew (Sociology)
Published: 2011
Subjects:
war
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/4881