#MeToo運動對女同志倖存者求助與發聲經驗之影響初探
Other Title
The Influence Of #MeToo on Help-Seeking Or Speaking Out Among Lesbian Survivors: An Exploratory Study
Journal
2025臺大學士論文獎
Date Issued
2025
Author(s)
Wen-Chen Lai
Advisor
Abstract
This study explores the experiences of help-seeking and public disclosure among lesbian individuals during Taiwan’s #MeToo movement, as well as the dynamics within their narratives and trauma recovery processes. The #MeToo movement in Taiwan contributes to a “feminist solidarity of differences” through the use of hashtags and online communities. Collective acts of speaking out may indirectly facilitate individual trauma healing and increase the motivation of victims of gender-based violence to seek help.
However, under the dominant framework of cis-heterosexuality, the narratives of gender minorities remain marginalized. For instance, lesbians who have experienced early sexual trauma often face discrimination, microaggressions, and social pressures related to their gender identity, which distinguishes their experiences from those of cisgender heterosexual women. As a result, many lesbian survivors encounter a “double coming-out” dilemma when disclosing their stories publicly, thereby intensifying the challenges of help-seeking and speaking out.
This research adopts a feminist methodological approach, centering minority women as subjects. It employs narrative analysis and in-depth interviews to examine how the experiences of help-seeking and disclosure have evolved for lesbian survivors during the #MeToo movement. The finding indicates that the predicament of helpseeking is highly related with the complex trauma under repeated abuse and social exclusion. Moreover, the study reveals that the survivor’s self-interpretation of posttraumatic growth is deeply intertwined with the speaking out culture in #MeToo, reflecting local viewpoints of justice articulated by survivors themselves.
Building upon the above foundation, this study proposes four recommendations: enhancing trauma-informed capacity within the helping professions; deepening institutional knowledge of gender-based violence against sexual minorities; advancing a new feminism agenda grounded in diverse perspectives; and establishing gender movement strategies centered on the narratives of survivors.
Subjects
#MeToo
Feminism
Lesbians
gender violence
survivors
narrative analysis
Publisher
國立臺灣大學社會工作學系
Description
獎項：校長獎；指導教授：謝宛蓉
Type
thesis
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