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040			_aAFVC
100			_aHigh, Anna _910386
245			_aSexual dignity in rape law _cAnna High
260			_bYale, _c2021
500			_aYale Journal of Law & Feminism, 2021, forthcoming
520			_aDignity is a famously contested concept, suggesting its deployment as a legal principle should be closely scrutinized. This Article sets out a functional and contextual analysis of dignity as an organizing principle underpinning rape law, which I term “sexual dignity”. Based on sexual violence theory, I trace the “democratization” of sexual dignity over time, as dignity and attendant rights of autonomy and equality have gradually extended from man to the (qualified) woman to women as a group, and identify an emerging contemporary feminist consensus on the meaning of sexual dignity. This framework is then applied to a critical review of how judges across common law jurisdictions understand and use dignity in decisions on rape. The caselaw of sexual dignity illustrates that dignity is a usefully capacious concept for exploring and condemning the multiplicity of rape’s harms and wrongs. However, uncritical engagement with sexual dignity can be harmful, with implications both for rape law and for the regulation of sexual behaviour generally. As such, I argue that robust and reflective engagement with sexual dignity is both necessary and productive. (Author's abstract). Record #7347
650			_aATTITUDES _970
650			_aFEMINISM _9256
650			_aGENDER EQUALITY _96853
650			_aHUMAN RIGHTS _9303
650			_aLAW _9336
650			_aRAPE _9488
650		4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
650			_aWOMEN _9645
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
773	0		_tYale Journal of Law & Feminism, 2021, forthcoming
830			_aYale Journal of Law & Feminism _910387
856			_uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/12056 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE