RT Article
T1 Gay Dating Platforms, Crimes, and Harms in India: New Directions for Research and Theory
JF Women & criminal justice
VO 32
IS 1/2
SP 49
OP 65
A1 Sinha-Roy, Rahul
A2 Ball, Matthew
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1795544643
AB 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.
K1 Gay dating platform-facilitated crimes
K1 Sex-negativity
K1 Queerphobia
K1 Victimization
K1 Sex-positive criminology
K1 Queer criminology
K1 Gay dating apps
K1 India
DO 10.1080/08974454.2021.1970696