CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Assault, Ethnic Cleansing, Masculinity
30 Mar 2019
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In canada, 14,000 gun-related deaths over 10 years: mainly suicides (81%) and accidents, not cleaning the weapon. Historical masculinity related issues: women are viewed as property of men, rape was an offence against the father or husband, rape diminished the value of the wife or daughter. Rape and the military: canadian and american military, complaints of sexual assaults in 1990s, rape has long been associated with warfare, ethnic cleansing, women were considered to be spoils of war, vietnam, bosnia, africa. Incidents of sexual assault in canada: decline up until 2009, then a slight increase, then decrease again. Types of rape: anger rape, means of expressing rage, excessive brutality, power rape, exert control over women, less violence used (or no violence, sadistic rape, abusive and degrading. Includes family members: dark figures crime, more common, date rape, canadian college women survey (1993, 1/3 experienced physical, verbal or psychological coercion, 25% in the previous year.
