ABSTRACT

While sexual consent has been a hot topic during recent years in the Swedish context, there is a lack of empirical studies on the issue. The aims of this study were to analyse how adults in Sweden experience and make sense of sexual (non)consent in sexual encounters, and to contribute to a conceptual discussion of ‘sexual consent’, especially in relation to a Foucauldian understanding of power and subjectivity. The analysis is based on 31 interviews with adults living in Sweden. Participants describe consenting to sex due to being exposed to interpersonal forms of power, ranging from violence and clear violations of consent to nagging and being subjected to pressure from others. But they also feel pressure and give consent to sex based on self-regulation and disciplinary forms of power, connected to normative ideals about ‘the good relationship’, monogamy and heterosexuality, men and women, and age. Our Foucauldian analytical lens allowed us to explore and challenge understandings of autonomous, rational subjects who communicate consent on the basis of authentic feelings. It also provided an analytical strategy for analysing and understanding the complex power relations that matter in the negotiation of sexual consent.

摘要

尽管在瑞典背景下，近年来，性同意一直是一个热门话题，但缺乏对此问题的实证研究。这项研究的目的是分析瑞典成年人如何体验和理解性接触中的性（非）同意，并为“性同意”的概念性讨论做出贡献，特别是在福柯对权力和主观性的理解方面。该分析基于对居住在瑞典的成年人进行的31次访谈。参加者描述了由于受到人际交往形式的权力而导致的性同意，包括暴力和明显违反同意的行为到na和受到他人压力。但是他们也会感到压力，并根据自我调节和纪律处分的权力形式同意性行为，这些行为与关于“良好关系”的规范理想相关，一夫一妻制和异性恋，男人和女人，年龄。我们的Foucauldian分析镜头使我们能够探索和挑战对自主，理性主体的理解，这些主体在真实感受的基础上传达同意。它还提供了一种分析策略，用于分析和理解在性同意谈判中至关重要的复杂权力关系。