TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The mocking of Margaret and the misfortune of Mary: sexual violence in Irish History, 1830s to the 1890s
JO  - Canadian journal of Irish studies
A1  - Bourke, Joanna
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Sexual violence in Ireland remains a neglected topic of analysis. This article uses newspaper accounts and court records to explore the rape in nineteenth century Ireland. It explores the impact of family formation, complaints about false accusations, the attitudes of the courts, the language used by victims to express their suffering (especially the concept of "insensibility"), the social nature of sexual attacks, and the role of emigration. It suggests that an exploration of sexual violence in Ireland reveals a great deal about social morés, including what made people laugh. The article concludes by suggesting that some Irish women were able to protest against their treatment in the courts.     URI: 	http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/30594<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0703-1459
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -