Ford Jessie V, Shah Aarushi, Fortuna Gloria, Hirsch Jennifer S
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Soc Curr. 2024 Dec;11(6):515-531. doi: 10.1177/23294965241254071. Epub 2024 May 21.
Lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women experience disproportionately high rates of unwanted sex, including sexual assault. The literature has noted LBQ women's elevated risk for sexual victimization compared to heterosexual women, but little research has compared LBQ women's processing of sexual violations to those of heterosexual women. To address this gap, this article examines accounts of unwanted sex among 20 LBQ and 38 heterosexual college women (57 cisgender; 1 transwoman). We use both studies of embodiment and queer theory to understand socially patterned differences between LBQ and heterosexual women's accounts of unwanted sex. Our findings indicate that heterosexual women's multiple experiences with men (violent and not) often lead to explanations of sexual violations focused on men's individual characteristics, for example, certain men are better/worse than others. In contrast, LBQ women's experiences with women/non-binary partners produce a broader critique of heterosexuality. We find suggestive evidence that this difference helps LBQ women move away from self-blame toward a position of naming injustice.
女同性恋、双性恋和酷儿（LBQ）女性遭受包括性侵犯在内的非自愿性行为的比例极高。文献指出，与异性恋女性相比，LBQ女性遭受性侵害的风险更高，但很少有研究将LBQ女性对性侵犯的处理方式与异性恋女性进行比较。为了填补这一空白，本文研究了20名LBQ和38名异性恋大学女性（57名顺性别者；1名跨性别女性）的非自愿性行为经历。我们运用身体体现研究和酷儿理论来理解LBQ女性和异性恋女性在非自愿性行为描述上的社会模式差异。我们的研究结果表明，异性恋女性与男性的多次经历（包括暴力和非暴力经历）往往导致她们将性侵犯的原因归结于男性的个人特征，例如，某些男性比其他男性更好/更坏。相比之下，LBQ女性与女性/非二元性伴侣的经历引发了对异性恋更广泛的批判。我们发现有暗示性的证据表明，这种差异有助于LBQ女性从自责转向指明不公正的立场。
