Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Differing perspectives on “preventing” adult sexual assault
Other Titles:	ACSSA Aware
Authors:	Neame, Alexandra
Year:	2003
Citation:	Vol.: 2
Notes:	This discussion piece aims to explore and prompt discussion about the unique challenges and complexities that adult sexual assault poses for prevention, and the extent to which traditional prevention frameworks have tended to work against the philosophical underpinnings of victim advocates committed to a broader social change agenda. The article begins by tracing the work of the feminist movement throughout the 1970s where approaches to “prevention” were about challenging the many myths that served to reinforce the dominant perception of rape. It considers whether approaches to breaking the silence in relation to sexual assault and other community awareness raising strategies are examples of feminists “doing” prevention work. Finally, it asks whether there might be contemporary scope for feminist engagement with prevention in the light of more progressive models that seek to understand sexual assault within a structural context that sees gendered power relations as central to their frame.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14203
Physical description:	Pages 8-14
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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