Why do armed rebel movements perpetrate intragroup reproductive violence? While extant research predominantly focuses on wartime sexual violence against civilians, the targeting of rebel women with reproductive violence remains underexplored. My research contributes new insights on how women’s idealized roles within armed rebellions shape the likelihood of these groups engaging in various forms of intragroup reproductive violence. I theorize that forced abortions are more likely to occur within rebellions that idealize women’s contributions through masculine duties like frontline combat because in these cases, pregnancy is perceived as antithetical to women’s expected contributions to the rebel movement. Conversely, forced pregnancies are more likely to occur within rebel movements that idealize women’s feminine support roles away from the frontlines because in these cases, pregnancy and motherhood are often part of rebel women’s expected contributions. I provide illustrative examples of armed rebellions characterized by these dynamics, and I introduce novel data on intragroup reproductive violence across a global sample of rebel organizations. Using this new dataset, I statistically evaluate my hypotheses and find empirical support for my claims. This research focuses on gender-based violence that occurs within rebel organizations, providing new data and new insights regarding the intragroup gender dynamics that promote reproductive violence against rebel women.

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妇女在武装叛乱中的角色和生殖暴力


为什么武装反抗运动会实施群体内部的生殖暴力？虽然现有的研究主要集中在战时针对平民的性暴力，但以生殖暴力针对叛乱妇女的问题仍未得到充分探索。我的研究为女性在武装叛乱中的理想化角色如何塑造这些群体参与各种形式的群体内部生殖暴力的可能性提供了新的见解。我的理论是，强迫堕胎更有可能发生在叛乱中，这些叛乱将女性通过前线战斗等男性职责的贡献理想化，因为在这些情况下，怀孕被认为与女性对反抗运动的预期贡献背道而驰。相反，强迫怀孕更有可能发生在反叛运动中，这些运动将女性的女性支持角色理想化，远离前线，因为在这些情况下，怀孕和母性往往是反叛女性预期贡献的一部分。我提供了以这些动态为特征的武装叛乱的说明性例子，并在全球反叛组织样本中引入了有关群体内生殖暴力的新数据。使用这个新的数据集，我对我的假设进行了统计评估，并为我的主张找到了实证支持。本研究侧重于反叛组织内部发生的基于性别的暴力，提供有关促进针对反叛女性的生殖暴力的群体内部性别动态的新数据和新见解。