Vulnerability, sexual violence and the law
This article examines the concept of vulnerability and is envisioned as a reply to the work of Susanna Pozzolo. Although agreeing with the author on the usefulness of vulnerability as a heuristic instrument to make visible the flaws on the laws on sexual violence, I differ from her in rejecting to c...
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| Foilsithe in: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/revus, |
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| Formáid: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2024
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| Rochtain ar líne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Achoimre: | This article examines the concept of vulnerability and is envisioned as a reply to the work of Susanna Pozzolo. Although agreeing with the author on the usefulness of vulnerability as a heuristic instrument to make visible the flaws on the laws on sexual violence, I differ from her in rejecting to consider the body as a source of women’s vulnerability to sexual violence and in considering the non-mutually exclusive relation between vulnerability and autonomy relevant in what regards sexual violence. I further discuss the polysemic nature of vulnerability and the difficulties with the use of the concept in cases of sexual violence, which arise from that nature. I finish with a note of hope by considering the feminist political struggle over the meaning of vulnerability. |
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