GNDS 360 Lecture 7: GNDS 360- Week 7: Lecture Notes from Notetaker

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDS 360
• Professor: Reena Kukreja

Document Summary

Behaviour by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours. Any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person"s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. It includes rape, defined as the physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration of the vulva or anus with a penis, other body part or object. Violence takes several forms and is multifaceted. Understand violence as an extreme manifestation of power. Establishes and maintains power- abuser and victim narrative. For the dominant, to the subjugated (and in opposition to traditional hierarchies of power) It also has racist undertones, ableist undertones, etc. Masculine violence- normalized as a guy thing . Sissy or pansy are feminized slurs, anyone who is not man enough needs to be more stoic, strong, assertive.