Abstract

Utilizing minority stress theory and intersectionality framework, this qualitative content analysis explored sexual assault experiences among 532 diverse bisexual women and gender expansive people. Findings revealed that many participants attributed their experiences of sexual assault to binegativity, which manifested as hypersexualization, “corrective rape,” perpetrator insecurity, and interpersonal hostility. In addition, participants described intersections between binegativity and other forms of oppression, including gendered racism, gendered binegativity, ableism, sizeism, and classism, and shared how they believed that these intersecting forms of oppression made them more vulnerable to sexual assault. Participants also described the ways in which sexual assault affected their understanding of and experience with their bisexual identity. For example, many participants expressed a number of relational and sexual affects (e.g., greater caution when entering into relationships with people of a certain gender, sexual discomfort, decreased sexual agency) and effects on their bisexual identity (e.g., identity disclosure process, questions about multiple aspects of their identities). Suggestions for future research and practice implications are discussed.

摘要

利用少数派压力理论和交叉性框架，这项定性内容分析探讨了 532 名不同的双性恋女性和性别扩张者的性侵犯经历。调查结果显示，许多参与者将他们的性侵犯经历归因于双重消极性，表现为性欲亢进、“矫正性强奸”、肇事者不安全感和人际敌意。此外，参与者描述了双负性与其他形式的压迫之间的交叉点，包括性别种族主义、性别双负性、能力主义、大小主义和阶级主义，并分享了他们如何相信这些交叉的压迫形式使他们更容易受到性侵犯。参与者还描述了性侵犯如何影响他们对双性恋身份的理解和体验。例如，许多参与者表达了一些关系和性方面的影响（例如，与特定性别的人建立关系时更加谨慎、性不适、性能力下降）以及对双性恋身份的影响（例如身份披露过程、问题关于他们身份的多个方面）。讨论了对未来研究和实践影响的建议。