ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the issue of sexual violence against students and the concept of 'lad culture', which has been used to frame this phenomenon in the UK and has connections to similar debates around masculinities in other countries. It describes a more nuanced approach to the understanding of campus sexual violence and the masculine cultures which frame it, which also engages with the intersecting structures of patriarchy and neoliberalism. The chapter argues that framing these issues structurally and institutionally is necessary, in order to avoid individualistic and punitive approaches to tackling them which may seem feminist but are embedded in neoliberal rationalities. Student 'lad culture' also reflects the intersections between patriarchy and neoliberalism, and attempts to address it need to take account of how it is institutionally and structurally framed rather than resorting to individualistic approaches which are embedded in neoliberal rationalities and are punitive rather than pedagogic.
