title: "Not used but almost…"--a gender and agency analysis of the grey zone between consensual and nonconsensual sexual intercourse.
abstract: Rape is a widespread but underreported problem among women. In this article I explore the complexities surrounding the fine line between consensual and nonconsensual sexual intercourse, by studying a rape through which a young woman was infected with HIV. I provide an analysis of how to understand and interpret this episode by applying a gender perspective based on patriarchy-namely, women's submissive position in heterosexual situations compared with men-and the concept of agency, that is, the individual's own decision-making ability, own choices, and different courses of action available, to outline the frame of action available to the informant. The inclusion of agency and a gender perspective offers new dimensions on how to understand and give meaning to narratives that are seldom told.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing, Umeå University , Umeå , Sweden.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Christianson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003075:Coitus / Q000523:psychology*; D003242:Conscience; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013548:Sweden