Lucie Wicky

PHD Student
lucie.wicky@ined.fr 0156062000
Secretariat : Marie-Laure Trudel 33(0) 1 56 06 22 82

Research field(s)

Sexual Violence Against Men in France. Pathways of Violence and Age Relation

Supervisors: Florence Maillochon and Magali Mazuy

Summary: This research focuses on the sexual violence suffered by men, as gender-based violence. It adopts a life course approach and a particular attention to age and gender relations, as well as to sexuality and class. The analyses are based on two quantitative surveys, Virage (2015) and CSF (2006), and fifty biographical interviews. In total, 3.1% of men report having experienced sexual violence in their lifetime, almost exclusively before the age of 25 and perpetrated by other men, always older than themselves. The life course approach highlights the importance of mechanisms of domination within the family institution, particularly in trivialising and silencing violence, both during and after violence. This violence is a factor of vulnerability in men’s life course and affects their relations to norms: they position themselves in a less unequal way than men as a whole, within a “space of masculinities” opposing egalitarian and conservative hegemonic masculinities. Using the “pathway” of violence (exposure, silencing, qualification and enunciation), I identify six typical trajectories of exposure, and two groups stand out: men who have experienced violence at a (very) young age and/or cumulatively, particularly within the family or close social circle; and those who experienced it in adolescence or during youth, in the context of schooling, male sociability and entry into sexuality. The former have had their lives permanently marked by pathways of violence, while the latter less. Non-heterosexual men are more exposed, more silent and less supported.

Keywords: Gender-Based Violence, Age, Masculinities, Sexuality, Life Course, Mixed Methods, Ethic

Research teams

Sexual and reproductive Health and Rights (Research team in partnership with Inserm - Univ Paris-Saclay - UVSQ)

More information about his·her Research

Gender and violence, inequalities, social relations

Barrier to effective sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive rights for all

The making of sexual and reproductive health and rights research: methodological and ethical issues

Struggles and resistance in sexual and reproductive health and rights and reproductive rights

Liens

Bibliography

Some publications

Mulvihill Natasha, Wicky Lucie, 2024, "Victim of Abuse, Violence and Harm? Naming Gender-Based Violence in French and English", dePICTions, vol. 4, "Victimhood". Disponible en ligne.

Boué Margaux, Mullner Pauline, Thizy Laurine, Wicky Lucie et Chaput Justine, 2024, numéro thématique « Pratiquer l’éthique en terrains sensibles », Sociologos [En ligne], n°20. Disponible en ligne.
« Pour une éthique engagée », introduction co-écrite avec Boué Margaux, Mullner Pauline, Thizy Laurine.
« Le travail émotionnel dans les recherches sur les violences de genre. Regards croisés sur un impensé des institutions académiques », article co-écrit avec Boué Margaux, Mazuy Magali, Mullner Pauline.

Wicky Lucie, 2023, « Rapports d’âge et vulnérabilités aux violences. Le cas des hommes ayant subi des violences sexuelles dans l’enfance », Populations Vulnérables, n°9, disponible en ligne.

Debauche Alice, Wicky Lucie, 2023, « Les violences sexuelles vécues par les garçons dans l’enfance. Quels apports des enquêtes statistiques ? », dans Association Docteurs Bru, Inceste. Les garçons aussi, Monts, Le Bord de l’eau éditions, p. 15-37.

Boué Margaux, Justine Chaput, Juliette Congy, Pauline Mullner, Lucie Wicky, 2023, « Adopter une démarche éthique tout au long de la recherche qualitative en santé » dans Joëlle Kivits, Frédéric Balard, Cécile Fournier, Myriam Winance (dir.), Les recherches qualitatives en santé, Paris, Armand Colin, 2ème édition.

Wicky Lucie 2023, recension « Emmanuel Beaubatie, Transfuge de sexe. Passer les frontières du genre (Éditions La Découverte, 2021) », Sociologie, n°4, vol. 14, Compte rendus, p. 491-493. Disponible en ligne

Lévy-Guillain Rébecca, Sponton Alix, Wicky Lucie, 2022, « L’intime au bout du fil. Enjeux méthodologiques de l’entretien biographique à distance », Revue Française de sociologie, vol. 64, n°2, p 115-135. Article traduit en anglais par Caroline Leonard : “Telephone and video-call collection of personal narratives on intimate subjects. Methodological issues in remote interviewing to collect life histories”.

Teaching activities, other functions, titles

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Wicky Lucie, Power Relations on Sexual Violence when Men are assaulted during Childhood and Youth, Section “Children and Youth”, Session: “Intersectional Approaches to Power, Contexts, Institutions and Transitions in Childhood and Youth”, Congrès de l’American Sociological Association (ASA), Montréal, Canada, 9 au 13 août 2024.

Wicky Lucie, Gender and Age Domination. Adolescents Face to Sexual Violence in France, regular meeting of Violence and Society Centre, City, University of London, London (UK), 23 avril 2024.

Wicky Lucie, Gender and Age Domination. Adolescents Face to Sexual Violence in France, Poster during the Conference “Adolescent Domestic Abuse: Developments in Research, Policy and Practice”, City, University of London, London (UK), 18 avril 2024.

Wicky Lucie, 2023, Sexual Violence Against Men and Power Relations. Understanding Contexts of Exposure, Population Association of America (PAA), Poster Session “Fertility, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health” and “Gender and Sexuality”, New Orleans (US), from the 12th to 15th April 2023.

Wicky Lucie, 2023, Research on Sexual Violence Suffered by Men in France. Power Relations, Pathways of Violence and Life Course, regular meeting of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research, Bristol (UK), the 8th February 2023.

Wicky Lucie, 2023, Trajectories of violence and of speaking out by men who suffered by sexual violences, PhD Conference of Centre Maurice Halbwachs, Paris, the 6th March 2023.

Debauche Alice, Wicky Lucie, 2022, Sexual Violence Experienced by Boys in Childhood: what Contributions of Statistical Surveys?, Conference “Incest: boys too”, organised by Docteurs Bru Association, Paris, the 2nd June 2022.

Wicky Lucie, 2022, Dominations and Strategies of Resistance by Boys who Experiences Sexual Violence, seminar “Childhood dominations, socialisations and emancipations”, CRESPPA, GTM, Paris, the 11th March 2022.

Chaput Justine, Congy Juliette, Mullner Pauline, Wicky Lucie, 2022, Lessons and trails after the International Conference “Research Ethics on Sensitive Topics: Epistemological and Practical Issues”, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 6th January 2022.

Bellamine Rim, Boué Margaux, Chaput Justine, Congy Juliette, Mullner Pauline, Thizy Laurine, Wicky Lucie, 2021, Introduction, International Conference “Research Ethics on Sensitive Topics: Epistemological and Practical Issues”, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 2nd and 3rd December 2021.

Wicky Lucie, 2021, Reflexion and Reflexivity around Physical and Emotional Exposure of the Researcher Investigating men who have Experienced Sexual Violence, “Dealing with violence as researchers”, Scientific Conference of the Maurice Halbwachs Centre, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, from the 19th to 22th October 2021.

Wicky Lucie, 2021, Telling Childhood Sexual Violence: effects of Age and Gender norms on Enunciation and Reception in the Family, International Conference Incestuous Violence, Today and Yesterday: Between Concealment and Disclosure” organised by the ANR project team “Telling, Hearing and Reporting Incestuous Violence” (DERVI - Dire, entendre, restituer les violences incestueuses), EHESS, Paris, France, from the 8th to 10th October 2021.

Levy-Guillain Rébecca, Sponton Alix, Wicky Lucie, 2021, Privacy on the Line. Challenges and Perspectives of Remote Interviews in Sociology, Congress of French Association of Sociology (AFS), Lille, France, from the 6th to 9th July 2021 (online).

Coussieu-Reyes Javiera, Kastel Stéphanie, Rigot Virginie, Rodrigues-Leite Julie, Wicky Lucie, 2021, Putting in Place a Support Group for Research Practice on Sensitive Topics, Seminar “Facing Sexual Violence. Resistance of Interviewers, Tools of Researchers”, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, France, the 11th and 12th March 2021 (online).

Coussieu-Reyes Javiera, Rigot Virginie, Wicky Lucie, 2021, Introduction, Seminar “Facing Sexual Violence. Resistance of Interviewers, Tools of Researchers”, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers, France, the 11th and 12th March 2021 (online).

Wicky Lucie, 2019, Age and Gender of Sexual Violence during Childhood, Seminar “Childhood as a Social Category”, organised by Tal Piterbraut-Merx and Andræ Thomazo, CNRS, Paris, France, the 27th November 2019.

Wicky Lucie, 2019, Dealing with the Victim Condition. Age, Class and Masculinity about Men who Denounce Sexual Violence, Seminar “Unravelling Relationships of Domination” organised by members of Master Degree “Gender, Politic and Sexuality”, EHESS, Paris, France, the 25th June 2019.

Lebugle Amandine, Mazuy Magali, Wicky Lucie, 2018, Conducting a Quantitative Study on Victims who Seek Help toward Associative Service Provision: the survey Virage Victims, Conference “From Violence Against Women to Gender-Based Violence” organised by the Virage team (Ined), 8th International Congress of Feminist Research in the French Speaking Countries (CIRFF), Nanterre, France, the 31st August 2018.


PUBLICATIONS

Wicky Lucie, Mazuy Magali, Latourès Aurélie, 2021, Violence Experienced by Women and Men in the French Region Île-de-France: family, partner, workplace, studies and public spaces. Data from the Virage survey 2015. Hubertine Auclert Center in collaboration with the Ined.

Wicky Lucie, 2020, Research Report on Violence declared in the French Region Île-de-France from Virage survey, Ined for the Hubertine Auclert Center.

Wicky Lucie, 2020, "Life Course of Men who Report Being Victims of Sexual Violence during Childhood", #1257 Revue of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, n°2, pp. 88-91.

Wicky Lucie, 2018, critical review « Vulca Fidolini, The Production of Heteronormativity. Sexuality and Masculinities of Young Moroccans in Europe ». Lectures.



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021-2022
- Lecturer, “Qualitative Methods (Distance Learning)”, Undergraduate Level, Third Year, Sociology, University of Strasbourg, France, with Anaïk Pian (Unistra, DynamE).
- Intervention in MedicalSchool (3 hours): “Sexual Violence and Harassment. Definitions, Measure, Context and Consequences”, Second year of Medicine “Educating on Sexual Health”, University of Strasbourg, France, coordinated by Léa Saroch (Unistra, SAGE).


2020-2021
-Lecturer, “Violence, Sexuality & Health”, Master Level, Sociology, University of Strasbourg, France, with Cristina Oddone (Unistra, DynamE).
-Lecturer, “Inferential Statistics”, Undergraduate Level, Second Year, Sociology, University of Strasbourg, France, coordinate by Maude Crouzet (Unistra, SAGE).
-Lecturer, “Qualitative Methods (Distance Learning)”, Undergraduate Level, Third Year, Sociology, University of Strasbourg, France, with Anaïk Pian (Unistra, DynamE).
-Intervention in Medical School (3 hours): “Sexual Violence and Harassment. Definitions, Measure, Context and Consequences”, Second year of Medical School “Educating on Sexual Health”, University of Strasbourg, France, coordinated by Nils Kessel (Unistra, SAGE).



ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Organisational committee member for the International Conference “Research Ethics on Sensitive Topics: Epistemological and Practical Issues”, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 2nd and 3rd December 2021. More information: ethiqueterrainssensibles.wordpress.com

Organisational committee member for the Seminar “Facing Sexual Violence. Resistance of Interviewers, Tools of Researchers”, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 11th and 12th March 2021 (online). More information: fairefacevs.hypotheses.org

Organisational committee member for the Conference “Family, Power and Inequalities”, Ined, Research Unit “Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities”, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 30th November 2020 (online).

Organisational committee member for the “PhD Students Seminar”, Ined, Condorcet Campus, Aubervilliers, France, the 24th and 25th June 2020 (online).



Distinction
Laureate of the "Valeria Solesin Memorial Prize",Idup, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2019. Full text available: https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/la-revue