WOMEN AND VIOLENCE: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF “ME TOO MOVEMENT”

Abstract

This research is an attempt to understand the phenomena behind the women’s construction of identity who have suffered from sexual violence and now are choosing to talk about it either by opening up in front of family, social media platforms or legal platforms. No specific group of age was focused in the study so that the study population is not restricted. Also, the number of cases that have been put forth of sexual violence does not specify any group of age, education, race, or gender. Therefore, one of the ways this topic was approached was to be open towards any possibility; there was no certainty of the accounts, the form of narratives, the nature of participant, the language and the responses. The research aimed to specifically focus on the use of discursive resources that are available to these women and how they choose to use these resources to construct and reconstruct their identities, especially after they have come forward with their stories.