Dr Shawna Marks is a researcher, writer and thinker focused on systems change, masculinities and domestic, family and sexual violence.
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Who is the Friendly Neighbourhood Feminist?
The Friendly Neighbourhood Feminist, Shawna Marks, is a PhD candidate writing, researching, teaching and speaking about feminism, men’s violence against women, masculinity, sport, sex and popular culture. Shawna is currently completing a doctorate on the social construction of masculinity and heterosexuality in amateur Australian football. You can also find me here: Academia.edu / Twitter / Instagram…
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Understanding ‘stealthing’ in the context of Australian rape culture
This post is an overview of some of the key points that I made in a talk on ‘stealthing’ and follow up journal article. In the journal article I used an interview from my research to structure an argument about why stealthing did not fit typical narratives of what rape is, especially when the perpretrator…
Dr Shawna Marks 