Sexual violence in serial form: Breaking Bad habits on TV

Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston) attempts to isolate, degrade, exploit, frighten, and control his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn) are tactics that are well-documented in studies focusing on abuse. Yet, despite the representation of both implicit and explicit forms of domestic abuse and sexual violence throughout Breaking Bad (2008–2013), there is an apparent disconnect between how this behaviour is perceived on screen and how it is ostensibly regarded in society. It is here, at the intersection of audience reception and sociological theory that I argue Breaking Bad represents abuse as part of a broader negotiation of masculinity, one that contributes to the ongoing marginalization of women’s voices in both visual media narratives and, by extension, society. In particular, I argue that despite the series’ long-form structure, the lack of emphasis placed on instances of coercive control by the writers and directors is partly responsible for contributing towards a culture of misogyny and victim-blaming fostered by fans towards Skyler evident in numerous online blog posts, fan forums, social media platforms, and Anna Gunn’s own treatise on the portrayal of her character in the New York Times.     

中国抗战历史文化研究述评

抗战文化有着丰富的内涵,也是学术研究的重要领域。现阶段有关抗战文化的研究主要集中在抗战文化本体、抗战精神、中国共产党与抗战文化、区域战时文化、战时社会思潮与学术、战时文艺、战时教育与文化名人、抗战文化遗址保护和利用等多个方面。回顾这些成果,有助于发现其中的问题,并推动抗战文化研究进一步深入。     

从男性性权利的角度论我国刑法的缺失

我国现行刑法规定的强奸罪和强制猥亵、侮辱妇女罪及猥亵儿童罪对女性和儿童的性权利给予了充分的保护。对14周岁以上男性性权利的保护问题,刑法却存在盲点。从保护男性性权利的角度,根据具体案例,对男性性权利问题进行详细的分析,并针对现行刑法的缺失,提出具体的完善构想,这对探讨我国刑法的完善是一件及时而必要的工作。     

网络对强奸犯罪影响的实证分析

大数据时代的来临对当今社会产生了深刻的影响,随着我国单身成年男性人口的增加,强奸犯罪隐患加大,然而,网络的广泛普及使非婚性行为的产生更加容易,强奸犯罪的发案率出现逐步下降的趋势,同时,也使强奸犯罪的手段和方式趋向复杂化,较之熟人强奸和陌生人强奸,网友强奸显现出了其特殊性。对网络环境下强奸犯罪的趋势和特点进行系统的实证分析,对于预防和控制此类犯罪的发生具有重要的理论意义和实践价值。     

“婚内强奸”行为定性的实证研究

＂婚内强奸＂问题有三个层次的深入探讨,为了将问题阐释得更加深入和清晰,笔者仅从第二层次即司法实践中是否将＂婚内强奸＂进行定性的角度进行非罪化的反向论证,并将司法机关在＂婚内强奸＂行为定性中的作用进行表述和推进,同时将特殊正当防卫问题和＂婚内强奸＂定性相关的实践问题（如,取证问题、保护问题、预防问题、司法建议问题等）进行一一厘清,试图为＂婚内强奸＂的司法实践定性提供一个可供参考的文本。     

抗战时期中美易货贸易概论

从台湾国史馆、中央研究院近代史研究所等处的档案入手,可以探讨出中美易货贸易的缘起,中国对易货贸易的管理和组织,易货品的生产和运输;进而分析出中美易货贸易的特点,易货贸易对中国战时外贸政策和外贸机构的影响。     

Frequency and Types of Partner Violence Among Mexican American College Women

Objective and Participants: The authors studied the prevalence of partner violence, by type, among Mexican American college women aged 18 to 35 years (N = 149; response rate = 85%). Results: Twelve percent of women who reported a dating partner in the past year were physically or sexually assaulted, 12.1% were stalked, and 9.1% scored as psychologically abused. Among those experiencing partner violence, almost half experienced stalking and 89% reported psychological abuse. Few women (25%) who experienced physical violence believed violence was a problem in their relationship. Conclusions: Partner violence was prevalent in this population, and participants experienced many forms of violence. Because few women experiencing physical violence report that violence is a problem in their relationship, interventions must address perceptions of violence and its impact on women's mental and physical health in college populations.     

Discursive and institutional intersections: women,health and law in modern India

While important foci of feminist legal jurisprudence have highlighted the patriarchal bias in the areas of legal theory, sexuality, race, and violence, an important area that has received little attention is the interface between health law, gender, and power, particularly in the context of post-colonial societies. This paper explores these concepts in contemporary India, the underlying idea being that health is as much an issue of violence as violence is an issue of health, and both carry critical implications for the gender power configurations in society. This discussion is framed in the interstices between the Indian state and the women's movement that have interfaced in fashioning law as a critical instrument of social change and women's empowerment. Several assumptions foreground this paper: Firstly, culture is the ground upon which gender and power dynamics play out in any society. Secondly, law is also taken to be one of the sites of cultural engagement and is very much embedded in and the product of prevailing values, norms, and practices; it is not outside culture. And lastly, although this paper is India-specific, it raises issues which have cross-national resonance, particularly in the South Asian context.     

婚姻挤压、民生支出与强奸犯罪

本文首次从理论上同时考察了婚姻挤压对强奸犯罪的诱发效应,民生支出对强奸犯罪的抑制效应,并采用1990—2012年时间序列数据对其进行了实证检验.研究发现:(1)婚姻挤压、民生支出与强奸犯罪具有协整关系,具体地说,当婚姻挤压上升1%,强奸犯罪增长0.004%;民生支出上升1%,强奸犯罪减少2.43%.(2)脉冲响应函数和方差分解还显示,从长期来看,婚姻挤压对强奸犯罪的诱发效应实则有限,民生支出对强奸犯罪的抑制效应却更大和持久.上述发现具有重要的政策启示:一方面,政府要多措并举,更加综合有效地治理出生性别比失衡问题;另一方面,改善民生比单纯治理出生性别比失衡更有效,政府应及时调整财政支出结构,持续扩大民生支出占财政总支出的比例.     

亲密关系中的暴力:解读熟人强奸

透过对两性间亲密关系下的性暴力的本质解读,使读者正确认识和了解“亲密暴力”、“熟人强奸”等犯罪问题,并在此基础上,对西方国家针对此类问题的一些有效预防措施和相关政策作简要介绍,为我国的立法机关、司法机关和执法机关,特别是广大的妇女们提供借鉴意见,从而实现真正意义上的强奸预防以及公民安全。