Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 3;20(5):4550. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054550.
Understanding how men view rape is foundational for rape prevention, but it is not always possible to interview men who rape, especially in a college campus context. We explore male students' insights into and rationalizations for why men on campus perpetrate sexual violence (SV) against female students by analysing qualitative focus group discussion data with male students. Men contended that SV is a demonstration of men's power over women, yet they did not perceive sexual harassment of female students as serious enough to constitute SV and appeared to be tolerant of it. Men perceived "sex for grades" as exploitative and rooted in the power asymmetry between privileged male lecturers and vulnerable female students. They were disdainful of non-partner rape, describing it as acts exclusively perpetrated by men from outside campus. Most men felt entitled to have sex with their girlfriends, although an alternative discourse challenged both this entitlement and the dominant masculinity linked to it. Gender-transformative work with male students is needed to support them to think and do things differently while they are on campus.
了解男性如何看待强奸对于预防强奸至关重要，但在大学校园的背景下，对强奸者进行采访并不总是可行的。我们通过对男性学生进行定性焦点小组讨论数据分析，探讨了男性学生对校园内男性对女性学生实施性暴力（SV）的看法和合理化解释。男性认为 SV 是男性对女性权力的展示，但他们并不认为对女学生的性骚扰严重到足以构成 SV，而且似乎对其持容忍态度。男性认为“性换成绩”是剥削性的，其根源在于享有特权的男讲师和弱势女学生之间的权力不对称。他们对非伴侣强奸不屑一顾，将其描述为仅由校外男性实施的行为。大多数男性认为自己有权与女朋友发生性关系，尽管另一种说法对这种权利以及与之相关的主导男性气质提出了质疑。需要对男学生进行性别转换工作，以支持他们在校园内以不同的方式思考和做事。
