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The Whole Place Self: reflecting on the original working practices of Rape Crisis

Vera-Gray, F.

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F. Vera-Gray



Abstract

Critiques of the trauma model for understanding the harms of sexual violence raise some important questions about the radical roots of Rape Crisis Centres in the UK and their relationship to the services offered, and funded, today. Drawing from a research conversation with three women from the national umbrella group Rape Crisis England and Wales, this article finds that in contrast to the depoliticised and individualised discourse of trauma, the original ethos of Rape Crisis in England sought to recognise the harms of rape across four interlocking dimensions: personal, cultural, social and structural. This approach demonstrates an understanding of the self as relational, situated and intersectional, aligning with recent philosophical work on sexual violence and suggesting the importance of key working practices that are in tension with the counselling model that currently dominates provision.

Citation

Vera-Gray, F. (2020). The Whole Place Self: reflecting on the original working practices of Rape Crisis. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 4(1), 59-72. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868019x15682997635986

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Oct 22, 2019
Publication Date Feb 29, 2020
Deposit Date Jan 15, 2020
Publicly Available Date Oct 22, 2020
Journal Journal of Gender-Based Violence
Print ISSN 2398-6808
Publisher Bristol University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 1
Pages 59-72
DOI https://doi.org/10.1332/239868019x15682997635986

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This is a post-peer-review pre-copy edited version of an article published in Journal of Gender-Based Violence. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Vera-Gray, F. (2020). The Whole Place Self: reflecting on the original working practices of Rape Crisis. Journal of Gender-Based Violence 4(1): 59-72 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/239868019X15682997635986




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