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‘Typical scripts’ and their silences: exploring myths about sexual violence and LGBTQ people from the perspectives of support workers (2019)
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Mortimer, S., Powell, A., & Sandy, L. (2019). ‘Typical scripts’ and their silences: exploring myths about sexual violence and LGBTQ people from the perspectives of support workers. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31(3), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1639287

Sexism, heterosexism and cissexism shape what is visible and knowable about sexual violence for LGBTQ people. While there is a plethora of research into ‘rape myths’ as they pertain to cisgender women’s experiences of sexual violence perpetrated by c... Read More about ‘Typical scripts’ and their silences: exploring myths about sexual violence and LGBTQ people from the perspectives of support workers.