TY - JOUR
T1 - Excavating feminist knowledges and practices in the field of sexual assault service provision : an Australian case study
AU - Egan, Suzanne
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This article engages with concerns in feminist scholarship about a decline of feminist influence in contemporary efforts to prevent, challenge and mitigate the harms of sexual violence. A key focus of these concerns has centred on co-option into the conservative regulatory apparatus of the state and concomitant depoliticisation of an issue that was a key mobilising force of the second-wave women's movement. Drawing on empirical research from a study undertaken in a local Australian field of sexual assault service provision, I argue that the narrative of feminist decline in the sector is oversimplified; rather, I have found that there is an almost naturalised relationship between feminism and the field of sexual assault service provision. In this article, I explore the core feminist epistemologies that are embedded in the structure of sexual assault services and enacted through worker practices.
AB - This article engages with concerns in feminist scholarship about a decline of feminist influence in contemporary efforts to prevent, challenge and mitigate the harms of sexual violence. A key focus of these concerns has centred on co-option into the conservative regulatory apparatus of the state and concomitant depoliticisation of an issue that was a key mobilising force of the second-wave women's movement. Drawing on empirical research from a study undertaken in a local Australian field of sexual assault service provision, I argue that the narrative of feminist decline in the sector is oversimplified; rather, I have found that there is an almost naturalised relationship between feminism and the field of sexual assault service provision. In this article, I explore the core feminist epistemologies that are embedded in the structure of sexual assault services and enacted through worker practices.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:60645
U2 - 10.1016/j.wsif.2019.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.wsif.2019.04.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-5395
VL - 74
SP - 169
EP - 178
JO - Women's Studies International Forum
JF - Women's Studies International Forum
ER -