Intersectional Challenges: Marginalization of Ethnic Minority Sexual Assault Survivors in Hong Kong
Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work
Published online on November 25, 2016
Abstract
Intersectionality is a useful approach to understand the marginalization of ethnic minority (EM) sexual assault survivors. By using this approach, we are able to recognize the interplay and complexity between gender, class, and race that give rise to the inequality and oppression that experienced by EM women in Hong Kong. Findings of the study show that rape myths, gender-role perception, religion, kinship pressure, language barriers, citizenship, and immigration policy have constituted interlocking factors that shape the victim identity of EM sexual assault survivors.