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040 _aAFVC
100 _aGavey, Nicola
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245 _aDeconstructing "rough sex" in a New Zealand murder trial :
_bbeyond the modern mythology of everyday kink
_cNicola Gavey
260 _bSage,
_c2024
500 _aSocial & Legal Studies, 2024, First published online, 26 December 2024
520 _aI analyse the way ‘rough sex’, including ‘choking’, was normalised during the 2019 trial of Jesse Kempson for the murder of Grace Millane – and portrayed as a modern form of mutual and egalitarian sexual exploration, particularly for young people. While the so-called ‘rough sex defence’ has been widely critiqued for the way it operates in the criminal justice system to minimise violence against women and blame victims for their own murder or assault, I focus here on the wider social implications of such legal arguments. I identify how the trial was infused with a ‘modern mythology of everyday kink’ discourse, which I critically deconstruct through the lens of three women's stories about unwanted or unenjoyed ‘rough sex’. I show that this discourse obscures and enables concerning new patterns of hurtful, exploitative and violent acts against women and girls that are becoming normalised and legitimated in the name of (rough) sex. (Author's abstract). Record #9124
650 _aATTITUDES
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650 _aCRIMINAL JUSTICE
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650 _aEVIDENCE
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650 _aFEMICIDE
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650 _aHOMICIDE
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aPĀRURENGA
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650 _aPŪNAHA TURE TAIHARA
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650 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
_9531
650 _aSTRANGULATION
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650 _aTAITŌKAI
_95943
650 _aTŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
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650 _aTURE HARA
_913696
650 _aVICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
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651 _aNEW ZEALAND
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773 0 _tSocial & Legal Studies, 2024, First published online, 26 December 2024
830 _aSocial & Legal Studies
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/09646639241292689
_zDOI: 10.1177/09646639241292689 (Open access)
942 _2ddc
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