Department of Sociology, 1438University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2022 Nov;28(14):3482-3504. doi: 10.1177/10778012211054872. Epub 2021 Nov 24.
Academic literature is only beginning to understand victims' rational calculations and agency related to sexual violence in war and conflict. This article deepens that analysis, emphasizing calculated action rather than passive victimization. This is a systematic study of victims' strategic responses to sexual violence, and reports findings from an in-depth analysis of women who were raped in the context of Colombia's armed conflict (1964-present), revealing that this context triggers a strategic response by victims of rape. Specifically, some women calculate that submitting to unwanted sex is more likely to protect them and others, such as family members, from significant harm than resisting rape. However, while their strategic responses may protect them and allow them to keep their families safe from greater harm, the methods adopted by women in these situations may complicate their efforts at being recognized as victims, undercutting their access to legal and social rights in the aftermath of war and conflict.
学术文献才刚刚开始理解战争和冲突中与性暴力有关的受害者的理性计算和能动性。本文深化了这一分析，强调了有计划的行动，而不是被动的受害。这是对受害者针对性暴力的战略反应的系统研究，并报告了对哥伦比亚武装冲突背景下（1964 年至今）被强奸的妇女进行深入分析的结果，揭示了这种情况会引发强奸受害者的战略反应。具体来说，一些妇女认为，屈从于非自愿的性行为更有可能保护她们自己和其他家庭成员免受重大伤害，而不是反抗强奸。然而，尽管她们的战略反应可能保护了她们自己，并使她们的家人免受更大的伤害，但在这种情况下，妇女采取的方法可能会使她们被认定为受害者的努力变得复杂，削弱她们在战争和冲突后获得法律和社会权利的机会。
