Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Separation and/or divorce sexual assault in rural Ohio
Other Titles:	Violence against women
Authors:	Joseph, Carolyn DeKeseredy, Walter S
Keywords:	Regional rural and remote areas;Perpetrators;Sexual assault;Post-separation violence;Drug and alcohol misuse;Community attitudes;Risk factors
Topic:	Sexual violence
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	12 (3), March 2006
Notes:	Discussed in this US paper are two major research gaps: the limited number of studies that have examined male-to-female sexual assaults during and after separation or divorce; and the fact that a major focus of this research is on urban areas. Preliminary results of an ongoing exploratory study of separation and/or divorce sexual assault in rural Ohio are presented with the aim of assisting to fill these two research gaps. The authors explained and defined their broad use of the term 'sexual assault' utilised for their study and described the recruitment process and criteria for sample selection. Participants were required to be 18 years or older, who had experienced any type of unwanted sexual experience when they wanted to end, were trying to end or had ended a relationship with a husband or live-in male partner. Twenty participants responded to a face-to-face semi-structured interview. Information was gathered on separation and/or divorce sexual assault rates (four categories of sexual assault), non-sexual abuse prevalence rates (six categories of non-sexual abuse) and characteristics of male offenders (seven categories of characteristics). The findings from the study strongly suggested that separation and/or divorce sexual assault is a major social problem in rural parts of the state with most victims also having experienced a broad range of other patriarchal practices. Fifteen percent of the sample stated that their ex-partners had also targeted their children. For the survivors of separation and/or divorce sexual assault, their victimisation was strongly associated with men's consumption of pornography, their adherence to the ideology of familial patriarchy, alcohol and drug consumption and other risk factors such as male peer support.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16849
ISSN:	1077-8012
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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