CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Kim, Hana |
|---|---|
| Title | Anti-sexual violence movement against harsh penal policy? : The activism of Korean Womenlink as a feminist practice |
| Summary | In the Republic of Korea, there have been intensive media reports of extreme sex-crimes against children since the mid-2000s. Around these cases, punitive turn has emerged in public opinion and government policies, which include harsher punishment on particular sex-crimes and social segregation of sexual assaulters. The punitive tendency in criminal policies and public sentiment has been pointed out all over the world, however, some scholars argued that the tendency towards punitivism was caused by the feminist movement against sexual violence, labelling it as “carceral feminism”. In this thesis, I provide a critical, empirically driven examination of this widespread thesis of “carceral feminism” in the Korean feminist movement against sexual violence. Through a content analysis of documents of feminist organizations against sexual violence, combined with data collected from interviews with activists, this thesis shows that they have actually built their strategies and activities in opposition to this recent punitive turn in public discourses and penal polices. Conclusively, I argue that the Korean feminist movement against sexual violence offers a counter-example in the debate on carceral feminism, and the role of feminist activism against sexual violence by demonstrating that the punitive turn should be considered in various dimensions such as the purposes of activities, the diverse relationships around the movement, and a comprehensive stream of its activities. |
| Supervisor | Geva, Dorit; Kowalski Alexandra |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/kim_hana.pdf |
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