“…Dialectics, “the art of thinking the coincidence of distinctions and connections” ( Bhaskar, 2008 , p. 180; see also Gunnarsson, 2018 , p. 5; Semlak et al, 2008 ), is useful when considering SV/SA, a domain replete with dichotomies such as privacy/disclosure, masculine/feminine, victim/perpetrator, consensual/non-consensual, virgin/whore, and powerful/powerless ( Gunnarsson, 2018 ; Wright, 2022 ). This approach has Eastern and Western roots, although it may come more naturally to those steeped in Eastern traditions (e.g., Dafermos, 2018 ; Peng & Nisbitt, 1999 ; Lister, 1997 ). Dialectics are applied to many forms of social research, including intercultural communications ( Martin & Nakayama, 1999 ; Rodriguez, 2002 ; Cheong & Gray, 2011 ; Dutta-Bergman, 2004 ).…”