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Sebastién Tutenges

Sébastien Tutenges

Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer

Sebastién Tutenges

Sexually violent effervescence : Understanding sexual assault among youth

Author

  • Sébastien Tutenges
  • Sveinung Sandberg
  • Willy Pedersen

Summary, in English

Based on interviews with 104 young partygoers, this article examines sexual assaults that occur in the context of festive events. Focus is on how individuals describe their sexual victimization. Three experiential characteristics stand out in the victims’ accounts. First, the assaults are described as being characterized by an altered state of consciousness, primarily alcohol-related intoxication. Second, the assaults are described as involving a sense of losing control. Third, the assaults are described as antagonistic, with one side using force to achieve domination. Drawing on Durkheimian theory, the article introduces the sensitizing concept of ‘sexually violent effervescence’ to clarify how victims experience sexual assaults.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology
  • Sociology
  • Social Anthropology

Publishing year

2020

Language

English

Pages

406-421

Publication/Series

Sexualities

Volume

23

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • Collective effervescence
  • Collins
  • Durkheim
  • sexual offence
  • violence

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1363-4607