'Sharing a particular pain' : researching sexual violence -- A central issue : sexual violence and feminist theory -- The knowledge explosion : an overview of previous research -- 'It's happened to so many women' : sexual violence as a continuum (1) -- 'It's everywhere' : sexual violence as a continuum (2) -- 'I'm not sure what to call it but...' : defining sexual violence -- Victims or survivors? : resistance, coping and survival -- 'It leaves a mark' : coping with the consequences of sexual violence -- 'I'll challenge it now wherever I see it' : from individual survival to collective resistance.