Open AccessYOUR BROTHER, MY WIFE: Sex and gender behind bars
Author(s) -
Sasha Gear,
Kindiza Ngubeni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sa crime quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-3108
pISSN - 1991-3877
DOI - 10.17159/2413-3108/2003/v0i4a1066
Subject(s) - prison , brother , sexual coercion , wife , criminology , coercion (linguistics) , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , vulnerability (computing) , gender studies , psychology , sociology , political science , law , history , poison control , suicide prevention , computer security , physics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , archaeology , quantum mechanics , computer science
Many of us know that sex, sexual violence and varying levels of sexual coercion occur in our prisons. But the subject of sex in prison remains an uncomfortable one. While recent media reports and revelations on prison corruption have played a role in bringing it more into the public arena, generally not much is understood about the dynamics of sex in men’s prisons. This article provides some insight into the relationships of power and vulnerability that underpin much of the sex that is taking place in this context.