Aaron Kimberly

Introduction “Oppression” is a concept routinely invoked but rarely defined with any care. In public discourse it is often treated as a feeling—hurt, exclusion, or interpersonal mistreatment. In academic settings it is sometimes stretched to cover any difficulty at all. Yet neither sentiment nor hardship is enough. A group is oppressed only when its members occupy a structurally subordinate position in a social hierarchy, and when that position can be identified through a clear and defensible...

My study on the sexual assaults of transmen has now been completed. The conference paper can be found here: https://ualberta.scholaris.ca/items/4c4efa33-17c2-48ed-9f18-5828e8de501f Below is a summary of the study design and it's key insights: Background and Research Questions Sexual assault against transmen is extremely common—approximately 50–55 percent report lifetime assault—yet most research stops at prevalence figures. Existing scholarship rarely explores when assaults occur in relation...