I demonstrate the ways in which constructions of knowledge about sexual violence
metaphorically and symbolically transpose stigma onto me for researching a stigmatized …

Introduction This paper explores the voluntary sector's treatment of male rape victims in
England, with the use of fresh empirical data. The paper focuses on the voluntary agencies' …

Aggression and violent behavior are caused by the feeling that a man has to live up to
society's expectations of masculinity which is what makes a good man, and that a man ought …

This article contributes to contemporary scholarship on gender, violence, and global politics
by exploring how the figure of the terrorist is produced within mainstream media obituaries. It …

This paper seeks to explore how notions of gender and sexualities influence state and
voluntary agencies' understanding of men as victims of rape. It aims to examine the roles of …

In this chapter, I seek to unravel the relationship between hegemonic, non-hegemonic,
dominant/dominating masculinities in gay relationships by using the issue of sexual violence …

We are storytellers to our own lives. When we do sexuality research, which Irvine (2014)
calls 'dirty'work, we are in the midst of creating a story. In this book chapter, I provide a …

Wherever we go, a hierarchy is present. Moulded by a web of social and power relations, a
gender and sexuality hierarchy emerges to create a vast array of dichotomies. Such a …

On the 28 March 2018, a Northern Ireland criminal trial that had dominated news outlets,
social media and public discourse nationally and internationally came to an abrupt end …

The music soars, I can hear the echoes of the music run through my body. I dance to the
music on the dance floor of one of Birmingham's popular gay bars. Alone, I see couples and …