A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence
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Resumo: | In September 2018, a controversial judicial sentence concerning sexual violence caused a public outcry in Portugal. The court decision invoked the alleged environment of mutual seduction, the use of much alcohol consumption, and the lack of serious injuries to justify the suspended penalty. Stemming from the idea that understandings of what journalism is and what it should be are profoundly ideological and that notions of what it means to be and to behave like a woman and as a man have been developed (and altered over time) based on shifting realities within generalised patriarchal structures, this article intends to critically analyse the news media coverage of the controversial judicial sentence on this rape case in Portugal exploring the implications objective-based journalism entails for gender equalty. As such, it will identify the shortcomings of objectivity and its leeway when covering sexual violence exploring how objective-based journalism provides room to (re)negotiate practices, norms, identities, and meanings concerning sexual violence, particularly rape and rape myths, and questioning whether a margin of maneuvre is enough to deconstruct patriarchal assumptions of feminity, masculinity and sexuality. |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violenceMediaSexual violenceJournalismRapePortugalCiências Sociais::Outras Ciências SociaisSocial SciencesIn September 2018, a controversial judicial sentence concerning sexual violence caused a public outcry in Portugal. The court decision invoked the alleged environment of mutual seduction, the use of much alcohol consumption, and the lack of serious injuries to justify the suspended penalty. Stemming from the idea that understandings of what journalism is and what it should be are profoundly ideological and that notions of what it means to be and to behave like a woman and as a man have been developed (and altered over time) based on shifting realities within generalised patriarchal structures, this article intends to critically analyse the news media coverage of the controversial judicial sentence on this rape case in Portugal exploring the implications objective-based journalism entails for gender equalty. As such, it will identify the shortcomings of objectivity and its leeway when covering sexual violence exploring how objective-based journalism provides room to (re)negotiate practices, norms, identities, and meanings concerning sexual violence, particularly rape and rape myths, and questioning whether a margin of maneuvre is enough to deconstruct patriarchal assumptions of feminity, masculinity and sexuality.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (grant number PTDC/COM-CSS/31740/2017)).SAGEUniversidade do MinhoSantos, Sofia JoséGarraio, JúliaCarvalho, Alexandre SousaAmaral, Inês20222022-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/78867engSantos, S. J., Garraio, J., Carvalho, A. S., & Amaral, I. (2022). A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 29(2) 298–315. https://doi.org/10.1177/135050682110484651350-50681461-742010.1177/13505068211048465https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505068211048465info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:49:43Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/78867Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:48:15.778692Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence Santos, Sofia José Media Sexual violence Journalism Rape Portugal Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais Social Sciences |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence |
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Santos, Sofia José |
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Santos, Sofia José Garraio, Júlia Carvalho, Alexandre Sousa Amaral, Inês |
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Garraio, Júlia Carvalho, Alexandre Sousa Amaral, Inês |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Santos, Sofia José Garraio, Júlia Carvalho, Alexandre Sousa Amaral, Inês |
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Media Sexual violence Journalism Rape Portugal Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais Social Sciences |
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Media Sexual violence Journalism Rape Portugal Ciências Sociais::Outras Ciências Sociais Social Sciences |
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In September 2018, a controversial judicial sentence concerning sexual violence caused a public outcry in Portugal. The court decision invoked the alleged environment of mutual seduction, the use of much alcohol consumption, and the lack of serious injuries to justify the suspended penalty. Stemming from the idea that understandings of what journalism is and what it should be are profoundly ideological and that notions of what it means to be and to behave like a woman and as a man have been developed (and altered over time) based on shifting realities within generalised patriarchal structures, this article intends to critically analyse the news media coverage of the controversial judicial sentence on this rape case in Portugal exploring the implications objective-based journalism entails for gender equalty. As such, it will identify the shortcomings of objectivity and its leeway when covering sexual violence exploring how objective-based journalism provides room to (re)negotiate practices, norms, identities, and meanings concerning sexual violence, particularly rape and rape myths, and questioning whether a margin of maneuvre is enough to deconstruct patriarchal assumptions of feminity, masculinity and sexuality. |
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