1. Sexual assault in the locker room: sexually violent hazing in Canadian sport.
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Fogel, Curtis and Quinlan, Andrea
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SEX crime laws ,ANTI-bullying laws ,SPORTS ,CRIMINAL justice system ,MASCULINITY ,TEAM building ,CRIME ,SPORTS events ,CONTROL (Psychology) ,SOCIAL control - Abstract
Hazing rituals in sport commonly involve coercive sexual acts. However, sexually violent hazing is rarely taken seriously by law enforcement and the criminal justice system in Canada. This paper examines sexually violent hazing in Canadian sport within the broader context of Canadian criminal sexual assault law. Using unobtrusive methods, the paper examines 12 cases of sexually violent hazing in Canadian sport to reveal what it can entail, who it commonly involves, and how sport leagues and the Canadian legal system often fail to adequately respond. Through an abductive analysis of this unobtrusive data, and drawing on theoretical work on masculinities and Erving Goffman's concept of total institutions, the paper argues that sexually violent hazing occurs in sport not purely for the purposes of teambuilding, as it is commonly understood, but also to establish and reaffirm hierarchies of masculinity within the total institution of sport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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