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In this article, I examine the autofictional narrative Whore by Quebec writer Nelly Arcan, demonstrating how the psychoanalytic confession of the "whore" narrator (whom we are tempted to confuse with the author) inserts itself into a project of women's genealogy. Following a symbolic death, the narrator gives birth to her story and succeeds in placing herself within the tradition of écriture au féminin. She wishes to remember the women of past generations who have been subjected to male desire and silenced; however, her very act of appropriating language in the name of women is ambiguous in that she herself is often complicit in their objectification and degradation.
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This paper reviews Québec's Crime Victims Compensation Act with a focus on the criteria for compensation imposed on victims of sexual or domestic violence. This inquiry aims at identifying shortcomings in the legal structure of Québec's compensation system (IVAC) and proposing solutions to better meet victims' needs.The paper is divided into four parts, each one corresponding to one of this statute's flaw. Part 1 criticizes the dismissal of sexual violence compensation claims where the perpetrator could hypothetically raise the defence of honest but mistaken belief in consent. Part 2 highlights the many crimes pertaining to sexual or domestic violence that are not included under the compensation system. Part 3 outlines how the concept of gross fault can perpetuate gender stereotypes leading to dismissal of compensation claims. Part 4 argues that the two-year deadline for filing a claim is incompatible with the reality of most victims of sexual or domestic violence. Solutions are put forward to address each of these criticisms.
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AbstractScholarly interest in the activities of street gangs is not new, as attested by early works by Trasher (1927) and Cohen (1955). Yet, although much has been explored on gangs throughout the decades since these studies, research relating specifically to the presence and actual experiences of girls within gangs remain rare. The Quebec context is not an exception in this general lapse of knowledge. This article is based on the results from a qualitative research on the development and experiences of young girls affiliated to a gang within the Montreal context. Particular interest is on the violent victimization that these girls experienced. Such victimization within street gang contexts may come in many forms: threats, physical aggression, control, isolation, sexual victimization, violence in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship. These types of experiences bring a new challenge for those working with young girls, all the more so since it is likely that there seems to be a discrepancy on what constitutes victimization between counsellors and teenage girls.
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If the drugs now considered illegal were legalized, what difficulties would have to be resolved? To answer this question, this article first points out the limitations of a policy of decriminilization in the case of soft drugs; it then shows that today, legalization and marketing of legal drugs go hand in hand and that this is a dangerous model for the legalization of drugs. Hence although the need to legalize all drugs in order to alleviate the present problems caused by their criminalization is easy enough to demonstrate, to find a model of legal distribution of drugs that avoids the negative consequences of the present policies regarding legal drugs is much more difficult. It merits some thought.
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AbstractThe “Legal Trafficking” of Brazilian Children : Adoption as a Solution to PovertyFollowing the “scandal” surrounding the trafficking of children in the state of São Paolo, Brazil, in the 1990's, legislative and judicial reports stipulated that the adoptions were carried out without giving the biological families the opportunity to legally defend themselves against the seizure of their children. Those responsible for allowing the adoptions were acquitted despite the fact that in many cases, the accusations of abandonment and mistreatment were never proven. These questionable verdicts are explained by the widely-held belief in Brazil that the adoption of Brazil's poorest children by well-off families (both Brazilian and foreign) is a necessary solution to the problems of the country, a chance for these children to escape a “miserable life” where they most likely would have become delinquents or prostitutes. Now, rather than being abandoned, these children have become the objects of debate in Brazil.
Keywords: Cardarello, adoption, trafic d'enfants, déchéance de l'autorité parentale, pauvreté, Brésil, Cardarello, Adoption, Traffic of Children, Stripping of Parental Rights, Poverty, Brazil, Cardarello, adopción, tráfico de niños, pérdida de la patria potestad, pobreza, Brasil