Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violence
The paper attempts to understand narratives of sexual violence anchored within the dynamics of social location of caste and gender. Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences...
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| description | The paper attempts to understand narratives of sexual violence anchored within the dynamics of social location of caste and gender. Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences of rape and sexual abuse that women have in India. The paper endeavours to establish that sexual violence is also a form of caste violence by rereading the unfortunate cases of Bhanwari Devi, Khairlanji, Lalasa Devi and Delta Meghwal
Keywords: caste-patriarchy, Dalit women, POA Act, rape, sexual violence |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83fb0e8ece9c4601b8385199ccc8000c2022-12-21T22:50:55ZengGriffith UniversityJournal of Social Inclusion1836-88082016-07-01715971613Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violencePrachi Patil0Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaThe paper attempts to understand narratives of sexual violence anchored within the dynamics of social location of caste and gender. Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences of rape and sexual abuse that women have in India. The paper endeavours to establish that sexual violence is also a form of caste violence by rereading the unfortunate cases of Bhanwari Devi, Khairlanji, Lalasa Devi and Delta Meghwal Keywords: caste-patriarchy, Dalit women, POA Act, rape, sexual violencehttps://josi.journals.griffith.edu.au/index.php/inclusion/article/view/632 |
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