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性暴力をめぐる フェミニズムと精神医療の往還 ―1960 年代以降の英語圏のフェミニストによる 「被害者 - サバイバー言説」の展開に着目して.

Authors :
井上瞳
Source :
Journal of Women's Studies Association of Japan / Joseigaku. 2023, Vol. 30, p73-91. 19p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

This paper reviews the victim and survivor discourses on sexual assault that have developed since the late 1960s, mainly in anglophone countries. Recently, research, especially in psychiatry and psychology, focusing on the subjectivity of women who have experienced sexual assault, is flourishing in Japan. However, while technical theories such as the development of psychotherapy and clinical research have seemed acceptable in this context, the discussions by feminist researchers on gender issues have not yet achieved this status. Therefore, this paper investigates the debates among feminist scholars that have developed mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Philosophers and sociologists, in collaboration sometimes with psychologists, considered the merits and demerits of psychiatric discourses on sexual assault and the resulting trauma. Specifically, the author will examine how the victim discourse, which emphasizes passivity as a sick person suffering from trauma, and the survivor discourse, which emphasizes autonomy and coping actively with trauma, have developed since the late 1960s. This examination reveals how feminist scholarship seemingly devalues medical interventions and attempts to illuminate the people excluded from them. This paper concludes this review will provide clues for rethinking care for those who have experienced sexual assault in Japan beyond a mere critique of medicalization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Japanese
ISSN :
1343697X
Volume :
30
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Women's Studies Association of Japan / Joseigaku
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
177616593