Call for Papers

Clio’s Psyche Call for Papers on

The Psychology and History of Sexual Violation and its Condemnation

• Why in America have the barriers to making these issues public broken down?
• To what extent is the openness about these abuses related to the Trump presidency?
• The varied response to charges of sexual abuse
• The “casting couch” in Hollywood and the Weinstein case
• Therapies for sexual misconduct and their effectiveness
• Charges for political purposes and fantasies of sexual intrusion
• How celebrities, politicians, therapists, and the wealthy deal with erotic transference
• Sexual abuse and sexual fantasy in the Freudian tradition
• The Congressional Accountability Act as Congressional payoff and cover-up
• The #MeToo movement
• Legislation on sex and sexual violation throughout history
• The complexities of gender & sexuality
• Cases of a rush to judgment without due process, ruining the accused’s career
• Rape as a part of ethnic cleansing, genocide, the Holocaust, and in war
• Misogyny in history and its implications for the sexual violation of women
• Doing therapy with victims of sexual violation
• Sexual privilege in the Middle Ages
• The sexual abuse of boys
• Specific cases: Conyers, Moore, Trump, Thomas, Weinstein, etc.
• Reviews of relevant books, broadcasts, games, movies, music, or plays

We seek articles from 1,000-2,500 words, including keywords, a 100-word abstract, and a three- or four-sentence biography of the author ending in an email address. We discourage citations, except for direct quotations, and do not publish bibliographies. Exceptional longer papers of 3,500-4,000 words may be accepted and used as symposia if time permits. Our double-blind refereeing system normally involves five referees. It is helpful to examine fairly recent issues on cliospsyche.org/archives. Queries and proposals should be sent to .

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