Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

11-12-2019

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Source Publication

Violence Against Women

Source ISSN

1077-8012

Abstract

The interdisciplinary silences on sexual violence and the omission of children and youth from social science research speak volumes of the power of the child as a flexible, cultural signifier. In this article, I argue that dominant frameworks of children and childhood make child sexual assault a discursive impossibility for most young people. The epistemic violence of silencing matters, and it is these erasures that are fundamental to understanding violence and power. I argue it is paramount for feminist researchers to call attention to the undermining qualities of Institutional Review Boards that act as gatekeepers of representation and voice.

Comments

Accepted version. Violence Against Women, Vol. 25, No. 16 (2019): 1956-1979. DOI. © 2019 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

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