Citation

Carpenter RC. Secur. Dialogue 2006; 37(1): 83-103.

Affiliation

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0967010606064139

PMID

unavailable

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, I argue 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.