Gay Dating Platforms, Crimes, and Harms in India: New Directions for Research and Theory
This paper argues that gay dating platform-facilitated crimes and abuses in India are produced and perpetuated by structural queerphobia and sex-negativity in Indian society. We illustrate how sex-negativity and queerphobia are embedded in Indian families, neighborhoods, criminal law, and the crimin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Women & criminal justice
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 49-65 |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that gay dating platform-facilitated crimes and abuses in India are produced and perpetuated by structural queerphobia and sex-negativity in Indian society. We illustrate how sex-negativity and queerphobia are embedded in Indian families, neighborhoods, criminal law, and the criminal justice system, which help produce/exacerbate these crimes. We offer some recommendations as to how these can be changed and posit that future empirical studies should focus on reforming societal structures producing/exacerbating these crimes. We also suggest that framing safe dating advice in a more sex-positive light will reduce self-blame and better address these issues. Overall, we contend that a sex-positive queer-criminological theoretical lens will offer more effective approaches on which to base preventative measures and assist in supporting those experiencing such crimes. |
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| ISSN: | 1541-0323 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08974454.2021.1970696 |
