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Journal article
When Consent is Not Consent: Understanding the Affective Experience of Sexual Harassment, Assault, and Violence in University Residential Colleges
Australian feminist studies, Vol.38(118), pp.523-539
02/10/2023
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Abstract
Situated on the periphery of universities, residential colleges represent a unique education and accommodation environment in Australia. Their core commitment revolves around offering an environment characterised by enlightenment, learning, and liberty for every individual who chooses to reside within their premises. However, there is a darker side to life in a residential college. They are places where instances of sexual harassment, assault and violence persist, despite ongoing and concerted efforts by residential college leaders to put mechanisms and policies in place to reduce harm. In this paper, we tune into and turn up the significance of the experiential and emotional aspects of sexual consent and consent education. We draw upon the narratives of 16 residential college students to explore these aspects through the lens of feminist post-structuralism, which directs our attention to Kathleen Stewart's 'politics of ordinary affect' [2007. Ordinary Affects. Duke University Press, 15] and to the question of why issues of gender, violence and consent continue to be a 'pressure point' (5) in this context.
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- Title
- When Consent is Not Consent: Understanding the Affective Experience of Sexual Harassment, Assault, and Violence in University Residential Colleges
- Creators
- Renée Mickelburgh - University of QueenslandElizabeth Mackinlay - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Australian feminist studies, Vol.38(118), pp.523-539
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- This work was supported by Southern Cross University [Faculty Research Seed Funding]; University of Queensland [UQ Research Support Package].
- Identifiers
- 991013267493502368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article