Recognizing Gender-Based Violence Against Civilian Men and Boys in Conflict Situations

Citation:

Carpenter, R. C. 2006. “Recognizing Gender-Based Violence Against Civilian Men and Boys in Conflict Situations.” Security Dialogue 37 (1): 83–103. doi:10.1177/0967010606064139.

Author: R. C. Carpenter

Abstract:

While gender-based violence has recently emerged as a salient topic in the human security community, it has been framed principally with respect to violence against women and girls, particularly sexual violence. In this article, [Carpenter] argue[s] that gender-based violence against men (including sexual violence, forced conscription, and sex-selective massacre) must be recognized as such, condemned, and addressed by civilian protection agencies and proponents of a ‘human security’ agenda in international relations. Men deserve protection against these abuses in their own right; moreover, addressing gender-based violence against women and girls in conflict situations is inseparable from addressing the forms of violence to which civilian men are specifically vulnerable.

Keywords: gender-based violence, sexual violence, conscription, humanitarian assistance

Topics: Armed Conflict, Gender, Men, Gender-Based Violence, Security, Human Security, Sexual Violence, SV against Men

Year: 2006