קורבנות מדומיינים, פוגעים מדומיינים: אי־שוויון בייצוגים הטרוסקסואליים ולהט”ביים בסיקור פגיעות מיניות בישראל: אי-־שוויון בייצוגים הטרוסקסואליים ולהט”ביים בסיקור פגיעות מיניות בישראל

This article critically compares media coverage of sexual abuse of men by men, women by women, and women by men through the lens of sexual and gender identity. While the literature has identified stereotypical representations of “victims” and “offenders” in coverage of sexual assaults, it has mainly focused on the differences between coverage of the victim – a woman, and the coverage of the offender – a man. By analyzing the media coverage of three cases of sexual assault that were made public after the outbreak of the feminist #MeToo campaign and its follow-up campaign in the LGBT community,”Torenu” (our turn), the article examines how ideas based on liberal values are reframed in diverse media arenas and activist spaces. The article argues that the coverage of sexual violence in the LGBT community preserves and strengthens patriarchal and homonormative concepts, reconstituting dimensions of inequality in male-female relationships and relationships between diverse sexual and gender identities. The article concludes that the coverage of sexual abuse in Israel establishes unequal language in the field of sexual and gender violence.