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‘Rough Sex’ and the Criminal Law: Global Perspectives

ISBN: 978-1-80117-929-4, eISBN: 978-1-80117-928-7

Publication date: 7 November 2022

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(2022), "Index", Bows, H. and Herring, J. (Ed.) ‘Rough Sex’ and the Criminal Law: Global Perspectives (Feminist Developments in Violence and Abuse), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-928-720221013

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Copyright © 2023 Hannah Bows and Jonathan Herring


INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Abuse

perpetrators framed
, 140–146

types
, 139–140

Acquisition, activation, application model (3AM model)
, 20

Actual bodily harm (ABH)
, 154, 169

Actual consent
, 122

implied consent as
, 123–125

Admitted violence
, 160

Affirmative consent
, 121, 128–129

Aggression
, 193

Aggression and violence during sex (AVS)
, 11, 13

attitudes to
, 15–17

conceptualizing
, 13–15

contexts for, and dynamics and nature of
, 17–19

effects of, and responses to,
, 21–22

explaining origins
, 19–20

extent and nature of alleged
, 22–24

frequency of
, 17

nature and users of AVS-related pornography
, 20–21

policy and practice response to
, 24–25

Aggressive consensual sex
, 13

Aggressor behaviors
, 13

Alcohol
, 19–20

Alleged AVS
, 11

extent and nature of alleged
, 22–24

Anxiety
, 10

Asphyxiation
, 92, 159–160

Australian law, rough sex and implied consent in
, 119–123

Australian rape law
, 6, 119

Bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM), 4–5, 10, 32–33, 53, 55n1, 70–71, 80–81, 87, 171n2

against
, 78–80

cases
, 74–77

researching consent cases
, 72–73

sex game gone wrong
, 71–72

troubled woman
, 77–78

Boundary talk
, 144

‘Broad brush’ approach
, 11

Brown to rescue
, 171–172

‘Choking’
, 54

Claims
, 54

Coercion

‘non-violent’ sexual coercion within current legal framework
, 103–107

options for reform
, 107–112

in sexual offences law
, 101–103

Coercive control
, 35–36

consent
, 31–32

domestic abuse
, 34–37

offences
, 5

and rough sex
, 32–34, 37–47

Consensual aggression and violence during sex (CAVS)
, 11

Consensual violence
, 134

Consent
, 6, 18, 31–33, 54, 57, 71–72, 119, 137

to serious harm for sexual gratification
, 152

for violent
, 140

Consent Defences
, 171

Cosmopolitan
, 55

COVID-19 pandemic
, 1

Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text
, 12

Criminal Justice Act
, 87

Criminal justice system (CJS)
, 4, 153

Criminalization
, 7

Crown Court Compendium
, 108–109

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
, 152

Cultures of presentation, rough sex and
, 45–47

Data sourcing
, 153

Death
, 193

Degree of permissible harm
, 179–180

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, 33

Domestic abuse
, 34, 100

coercive control
, 35–36

intersection with
, 140

Domestic Abuse Act
, 5, 6–7, 73, 93, 152, 168

challenges in courtroom
, 177–178

competence of court
, 179

dangers of false equivalence
, 176–177

degree of harm
, 178–179

degree of permissible harm
, 179–180

liberal legal framework
, 172–173

radical feminist framework
, 173

rough sex defence
, 169–172

Toll of Section 71
, 174–176

Domestic Abuse Bill, 92, 168, 134 152

‘Dominant behaviors’
, 13

Economic abuse
, 35

Eighteenth Century Sadism
, 187–192

Emerald Insight
, 12

Emotional abuse
, 35

England, sexual offences law in
, 101–103

English Law Commission
, 154

English Sexual Offences Act
, 110–111

Europe PMC
, 12

Extremeness
, 138

Fatal cases
, 23–24

Feminists
, 1–2

on sadism
, 194–195

Fifty 50 Shades of Grey (film)
, 33, 54–55, 56, 170, 191

Free love movement
, 192–193

Gaping, 63n4

Gaslighting
, 43

Grievous bodily harm (GBH)
, 170

Harm
, 174–175

Heterosexual pornography
, 56

Heterosexual pornography, rough sex in mainstream
, 60–64

Hierarchy
, 192

Homicides
, 153–154

Homophobia
, 174–175

Homosexuality
, 195

Implied consent
, 121–122

as ‘actual’ consent to ‘rough sex’
, 123–125

in Australian law
, 119–123

mistaken belief in
, 125–127

Individual pathology
, 77

Injuries
, 33

Interview transcripts
, 136

Intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV)
, 100

as domestic abuse
, 112

Ireland, sexual offences law in
, 101–103

Irish Domestic Violence Act, 100n2

Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI)
, 11

‘Kinky sex’
, 71

Legal harm identification
, 175–176

Legality of love-bites

creating clear boundaries
, 88–93

high-profile cases
, 85–86

new legislation
, 93–95

rough sex ‘defence’ and current law on consent to violence
, 87–88

rough sex defence controversy
, 86–87

Legislative guidance on consent
, 107–108

Liberal legal framework
, 168–169, 172–173

Life-threatening nature of NCVS
, 138–139

Love-bites
, 89

Loving relationship
, 186

Marital home
, 187

Marquis de Sade
, 187–192

Men with substantial DA history using rough sex
, 161–162

Men’s Health
, 55

Men’s violence
, 2, 4, 89

Mendeley
, 12

MindGeek network
, 60

Mistake of fact
, 121

Murder
, 193

Naming
, 136

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
, 12

New South Wales (NSW)
, 120

Nineteenth centuries sadism
, 192–193

Non consensual rough sex
, 37–41

Non-consensual aggression
, 10

Non-consensual violence
, 6

Non-consensual violence in sex (NCVS)
, 134–135

findings
, 137

intersection with domestic abuse
, 140

life-threatening nature of
, 138–139

methods
, 135–137

perpetrators framed abuse
, 140–146

types of abuse
, 139–140

women experience
, 137–138

Non-fatal cases
, 24

Non-fatal violence cases
, 154–157

Non-legislative guidance on consent

expanding legislative and non-legislative guidance on consent
, 107–108

expanding non-legislative guidance on consent to include sexual coercion
, 108–110

Non-violent sexual coercion
, 100

within current legal framework
, 103–107

‘Normative’ sexual practice
, 119

Offences Against Person Act
, 87, 93, 169–170

Organized civilization
, 192

Otherness
, 194

‘Over-inclusive’ approach
, 172

Paternalism
, 192

Patriarchal social inequality
, 36–37

Patriarchy
, 2, 36–37

Perpetrators framed abuse
, 140–146

Personal violence
, 190–191

Physical abuse
, 35

Physical harm
, 88

Physical violence
, 100

‘Playful force during sex’
, 13

Policy to AVS
, 24–25

Population/participants, concept and context (PCC)
, 12

Pornhub
, 54

Pornhub
, 56, 60–62

Pornography
, 4, 20, 56, 191

claims of consensual rough sex
, 54–55

nature and influence of mainstream
, 58–60

nature and users of AVS-related pornography
, 20–21

rough sex experiencing
, 53–54

rough sex in mainstream heterosexual pornography
, 60–64

‘rough sex’ to date
, 56–58

Pornosphere
, 54, 57

Practice response to AVS
, 24–25

Presumed consent, rough sex and
, 41–42

ProQuest
, 12

PsycArticles
, 12

Psychological abuse
, 35

Psychopathia Sexualis
, 192

PsycINFO
, 12

Public Affairs Information Service Index (PAIS Index)
, 12

PubMed
, 12

PubMed Central
, 12

Qualitative survey
, 136

Radical feminists
, 2, 194

framework
, 173

‘Rape culture’
, 1–2

Rape myth acceptance (RMA)
, 3

Rape myths
, 119, 121

‘Real rape’ stereotype
, 100

Redtube
, 56, 60, 62–63

Reforms
, 100

creating specific offence of sexual coercion
, 110–112

expanding legislative and non-legislative guidance on consent
, 107–108

expanding non-legislative guidance on consent to include sexual coercion
, 108–110

options for
, 107

prosecuting and punishing intimate partner sexual violence as domestic abuse
, 112

Rough sex
, 2–3, 10–11, 32, 33–34, 54, 86, 135

in Australian law
, 119–123

BDSM
, 32–33

coercive control and
, 37

conceptual and legal debates
, 3–6

and cultures of presentation
, 45–47

to date
, 56–58

findings
, 12–25

future research
, 25–26

in general population
, 10

homicides involving claim of consensual rough sex
, 153–154

implied consent as
, 123–125

in mainstream heterosexual pornography
, 60–64

men with substantial DA history using
, 161–162

methodological issues
, 25

methodology
, 11

mistaken belief in
, 125–127

non consensual rough sex
, 37–41

preliminary work
, 11

and presumed consent
, 41–42

scoping review proper
, 11–12

scoping reviews
, 11

and sexual expectations
, 42–45

women’s experience of
, 6–7

Rough sex claims, origins of
, 161

Rough sex defence
, 2, 86, 118–119, 168, 169

Brown to rescue
, 171–172

case study analysis
, 123

controversy
, 86–87

and current law on consent to violence
, 87–88

implied consent as ‘actual’ consent to ‘rough sex’
, 123–125

mistaken belief in ‘implied consent’ to ‘rough sex’
, 125–127

problems with current law
, 128–129

rough sex and implied consent in Australian law
, 119–123

SM and social media
, 170–171

in UK
, 152–163

uncovering root cause
, 169–170

yoking domestic abuse victim and SM sex practitioner
, 172

‘Rough sex gone wrong’
, 54, 73, 93, 118

S/M relationships
, 33

Sadism
, 187

Eighteenth Century Sadism
, 187–192

feminist-sympathizing liberal press
, 186–187

feminists on
, 194–195

Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries sadism
, 192–193

sexual liberalism
, 195–196

theories in modernity
, 187

Sadomasochism
, 195

Sadomasochist behavior
, 32

Safety
, 33

Sage Journals
, 12

Schindler’s List (film)
, 46

Science Direct
, 12

Scopus
, 12

Scottish Law Commission
, 154

Second Sex, The
, 194

Secondary victimization
, 87

Serious violence recast
, 157–159

Seriousness
, 138

Sex
, 45, 193

positivity
, 141

‘Sex defence’ narrative
, 6

Sex games gone wrong (SGGW)
, 10–11, 25, 71–73, 92

Sex Offences Review
, 111

Sexual abuse
, 35

Sexual activity
, 94

Sexual coercion
, 108–110

creating specific offence of
, 110–112

Sexual expectations, rough sex and
, 42–45

Sexual history
, 162

Sexual liberalism
, 195–196

Sexual offences
, 100

Sexual offences law
, 5, 100

Sexual possessiveness
, 43

Sexual scripts
, 119

sexual script acquisition, activation, application model
, 20

Sexual violence against women and girls
, 1

Sexuality
, 3, 7, 46, 121

male
, 6

as violent
, 2

women
, 64

‘Sexually dominant behavior’
, 13, 60

‘Shadow pandemic’
, 1

Social abuse
, 35

Social media
, 170–171

Societal misperceptions
, 103

Specific consent
, 34

Spiritual abuse
, 35

Story of O, 9 ½ weeks, The
, 191

Strangulation
, 92–93, 159–160

‘Submissive behaviors’
, 13

Sustained violence recast
, 157–159

‘Target behaviors’
, 13

Three 365 Days (Polish erotic drama)
, 55, 191

TikTok
, 55

Transgender and non-binary individuals (TGNB individuals)
, 16

Triggers
, 19

Troubled woman
, 77–78

Twentieth centuries sadism
, 192–193

UK, rough sex defence in

Crown Prosecution Service
, 152

data sourcing
, 153

homicides involving claim of consensual rough sex
, 153–154

men with substantial DA history using rough sex
, 161–162

no anonymity for victims
, 162–163

non-fatal violence cases
, 154–157

origins of rough sex claims
, 161

sexual history used in court in defence to charges of violence
, 162

under-prosecution of violence claimed to consensual
, 157–160

UK Data Archive
, 12

United States (US)
, 10

Utopian feminism
, 191

Verbal abuse
, 35

Victims
, 2

no anonymity for
, 162–163

sexual behavior
, 87

sexual history
, 5

victim-blaming narratives in crimes
, 80

victim-offender relationships
, 23

victim-survivor
, 118, 125

yoking domestic abuse victim
, 172

Violence
, 153

rough sex ‘defence’ and current law on consent to
, 87–88

sexual history used in court in defence to charges of
, 162

Violence against female
, 54

Violence against girls
, 1

Violence against women
, 1–2

Violent sex act
, 190

Wales, sexual offences law in
, 101–103

We Can’t Consent To This campaign (WCCTT campaign)
, 6, 10, 94, 134–135, 152, 168, 170–171

Women’s experience

of NCVS
, 134–146

of rough sex
, 6–7

World Health Organisation
, 1, 34

Xvideos
, 54

Yoking domestic abuse victim and SM sex practitioner
, 172

Youporn
, 56, 60, 62

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act
, 94–95