ABSTRACT

Hazing rituals in sport commonly involve coercive sexual acts. However, sexually violent hazing is rarely taken seriously by law enforcement and the criminal justice system in Canada. This paper examines sexually violent hazing in Canadian sport within the broader context of Canadian criminal sexual assault law. Using unobtrusive methods, the paper examines 12 cases of sexually violent hazing in Canadian sport to reveal what it can entail, who it commonly involves, and how sport leagues and the Canadian legal system often fail to adequately respond. Through an abductive analysis of this unobtrusive data, and drawing on theoretical work on masculinities and Erving Goffman’s concept of total institutions, the paper argues that sexually violent hazing occurs in sport not purely for the purposes of teambuilding, as it is commonly understood, but also to establish and reaffirm hierarchies of masculinity within the total institution of sport.

摘要

体育中的欺凌仪式通常涉及强制性的性行为。然而，加拿大的执法部门和刑事司法系统很少认真对待性暴力欺凌。本文在加拿大刑事性侵犯法的更广泛背景下研究了加拿大体育中的性暴力欺凌行为。该论文使用不显眼的方法检查了加拿大体育中的 12 起性暴力欺凌案件，以揭示其可能导致的后果、通常涉及的人以及体育联盟和加拿大法律体系如何经常未能充分回应。通过对这些不显眼的数据的溯因分析，并借鉴关于男性气质的理论工作和欧文戈夫曼的整体制度概念，该论文认为，体育中发生性暴力欺凌并非纯粹出于团队建设的目的，正如人们普遍理解的那样，