Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s
This article is an introduction to the “intimate history” of the OUN and UPA, which has not yet received much attention from academics and researchers – partly due to a lack of sources. This attempt to articulate the problem of sexuality within the gender relations system of the Ukrainian liberation...
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-Soviétiques
2016-04-01
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| author | Marta Havryshko |
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| description | This article is an introduction to the “intimate history” of the OUN and UPA, which has not yet received much attention from academics and researchers – partly due to a lack of sources. This attempt to articulate the problem of sexuality within the gender relations system of the Ukrainian liberation movement shows the gap between the official discourse and the everyday practices of underground members and insurgents. It tackles the issue of sexuality as a “national capital” and examines the attitude of the Ukrainian nationalists to the female body as a symbol of nation. It shows the double standard of sexual morality within OUN and UPA and underlines their different manifestations (unequal sanctions for women and men, sexual harassment of women by UPA commanders and OUN leaders). These sexual norms, military culture and hegemonic masculinity resulted in extreme sexual violence in the OUN and UPA upon those women whom they considered as their “own” (members of the underground and civilians) as well as against “others”. Finally, it presents how specific conditions in the Ukrainian underground encouraged sexual intercourse outside of marriage and how adultery (another form of “illegitimate” sexual relations) acquired a half, implicit legitimation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3acbc85a03044a99c3f88e139d56cf32022-12-21T23:22:33ZdeuCentre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Sociétés et les Institutions Post-SoviétiquesJournal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies1769-70692016-04-0117Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950sMarta HavryshkoThis article is an introduction to the “intimate history” of the OUN and UPA, which has not yet received much attention from academics and researchers – partly due to a lack of sources. This attempt to articulate the problem of sexuality within the gender relations system of the Ukrainian liberation movement shows the gap between the official discourse and the everyday practices of underground members and insurgents. It tackles the issue of sexuality as a “national capital” and examines the attitude of the Ukrainian nationalists to the female body as a symbol of nation. It shows the double standard of sexual morality within OUN and UPA and underlines their different manifestations (unequal sanctions for women and men, sexual harassment of women by UPA commanders and OUN leaders). These sexual norms, military culture and hegemonic masculinity resulted in extreme sexual violence in the OUN and UPA upon those women whom they considered as their “own” (members of the underground and civilians) as well as against “others”. Finally, it presents how specific conditions in the Ukrainian underground encouraged sexual intercourse outside of marriage and how adultery (another form of “illegitimate” sexual relations) acquired a half, implicit legitimation.http://journals.openedition.org/pipss/4214Second World WarSexual ViolenceWomenHarassmentGenderMasculinity |
| spellingShingle | Marta Havryshko Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies Second World War Sexual Violence Women Harassment Gender Masculinity |
| title | Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| title_full | Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| title_fullStr | Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| title_full_unstemmed | Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| title_short | Illegitimate sexual practices in the OUN underground and UPA in Western Ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| title_sort | illegitimate sexual practices in the oun underground and upa in western ukraine in the 1940s and 1950s |
| topic | Second World War Sexual Violence Women Harassment Gender Masculinity |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/pipss/4214 |
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