Tese apresentada ao "Department of Sociology and Organizational Analysis" da "Faculty of Economics and Business" da "Universitat de Barcelona", para obtenção do grau de "Doctor of Sociology". Ficheiro de 1,26 Mb em formato pdf (367 p.). Também disponível em: https://www.tdr.cesca.es/TESIS_UB/AVAILABLE/TDX-1016109-105235/KAPPLER_THESIS.pdf. Acedido em 06 de Setembro de 2010.

1. Introduction. 2. Theoretical Framework: Sexual violence in the frame of everyday life. 2.1. Sexual violence in the universe of violence. 2.1.1. Principal distinctions: aggressiveness, aggression, violence and trauma. 2.1.2. Different types of gendered violence. 2.1.3. An intimate relationship: sexuality and power. 2.1.4. Sexual violence - conceptual definitions. 2.1.5. Multiple forms of sexual violence. 2.2. Everyday life as a theoretical approach toward a microsociological understanding of sexual violence. 2.2.1. Introduction to everyday life. 2.2.2. A systemic approach to everyday life: the Conduct of Everyday Life. 3. Overview of current state of research: sexual violence and society. 3.1. Sexual violence in numbers: prevalence data and comparison. 3.1.1. On quantifying violence. 3.1.2. National prevalence data and their limitations. 3.2. Sexual violence and its individual and social dimensions. 3.2.1. The historic evolution of sexual violence. 3.2.2. Causal models on sexual violence. 3.2.3. Individual and social consequences on sexual violence. 3.3. Some victimological words on sexual violence. 3.3.1. The victim - aggressor relation. 3.3.2. Some victim c1assifications. 3.4. Research question and objectives. 4. Methodological approach. 4.1. Methodological design. 4.1.1. The methodological frame: Grounded Theory. 4.1.2. The in-depth interview. 4.1.3. The questionnaire-guidelines. 4.2. Methodological implementation. 4.2.1. Field access and sampling. 4.2.2. The grounded analysis. 4.2.3. Excursus on subjectivity or the relationship between research question, interviewees, data and researcher. 5. Looking at how victims conduct everyday life. 5.1. Narrative moments. 5.1.1. The narrative absence of everyday life. 5.1.2. The narrative absence of normality. 5.2. Some case reconstructions. 5.2.1. "Until December I still had a work; then nearly everything was OK.". 5.2.2. "I have worked as much as I could. I have simply (-) like BEAMING oneself away.". 5.2.3. "I think right now our everyday life is quite carefree." 5.2.4. "Because if you, in the end, have had no freedom for 48 years, except for 5 or 6 years in-between.". 5.2.5 "It was lucky, with all that I went through, that I was in Germany.". 5.3. Specific patterns of the interviewees' Conduct of Everyday Life. 5.3.1. Hyperactivity: between running away and binding constraints. 5.3.2. Retreat: between avoidance of the world and creation of an ideal one. 5.3.3. Time-out: between overwhelming memories and therapeutic confrontation. 5.3.4. Revelation: between visibility and exclusion. 5.3.5. Commitment: between integration and denunciation. 6. Specific moments of the interviewees' Conduct of Everyday Life. 6.1. Scenarios from the victims' everyday lives. 6.1.1. Work life: from pleasant to constraining forms of normalcy. 6.1.2. Family: origin, continuity and disruption 6.1.3. Body: between silence and screaming. 6.2. The semantics of the victims' everyday lives. 6.2.1. The meaning of knowledge about sexual violence. 6.2.2. The absent presence of sexual violence in everyday life. 7. Conclusion. 8. Bibliography. 9. Glossary. 10. Annexes. 10.1. Social policy regarding sexual violence and victims in Germany. 10.1.1. Introduction to social policy in Germany. 10.1.2. Policies on violence against women. 10.1.3. Independent victim support organizations. 10.2. Interview-guideline. 10.3. Adverts. 10.3.1. Advert published in newspaper. 10.3.2. Notice posted on campuses and in help lines. 10.4. Rules of transcription. 10.5. List of citations (in German). 10.6. List of figures. 10.7. Abbreviations.