| Summary: | The man and the blame – A gender theoretical study of how the victim and the perpetrator are represented in Expressen’s reporting of rape during the trial against Kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault. The theoretical frame of this study is Joan W. Scotts theory of poststructural feminism and Yvonne Hirdmans theory about the gender system, gender contract and the woman’s subordination. To examine how the victim and the perpetrator is represented in Expressen’s reporting of rape during the trial against Kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault a method of critical discource analysis, CDA, has been used. The result of the study showed that the representation of the victim and the perpetrator in Expressen is strives towards equality in the representation in comparison with the international studies that are presented in the study where the victim, often women, are represented as perpetrators and the perpetrator, often men, are represented as victims in the news media reportage of rape when it comes to both Australia and the United kingdom. === Mannen och skulden – En genusteoretisk studie om hur offer och gärningsman representeras i Expressens rapportering av våldtäkt under rättegången mot kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault. Studiens teoretiska ramverk utgörs av Joan W. Scotts teori om poststrukturell feminism och Yvonne Hirdmans teori om genussystemet, genuskontrakt och kvinnans underordnande. För att undersöka hur offret och gärningsmannen representeras i Expressens våldtäktsrapportering under rättegången mot kulturprofilen Jean-Claude Arnault har metoden kritisk diskursanalys använts. Studiens resultat visade att Expressens representation av offret och gärningsmannen strävar mot jämlikhet i jämförelse med de internationella studier som presenteras i studien där offret, ofta kvinnor, representeras som gärningsmän och gärningsmannen, ofta män, representeras som offer i nyhetsmedias våldtäktsrapporteringar i både Australien och Storbritannien.
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