PSYC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Intimate Partner Violence, Rape Crisis Center, Marital Rape
28 Sep 2016
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Assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that happens without consent from recipient: penetration, forced oral, masturbation, touching, fondling or kissing, taken out of realm of male/female specifics (can happen to anyone) Feel ashamed, humiliated or are afraid their confidentiality won"t be respected. You can tell a rapist by the way they look. No woman or man can be raped against their will. Rape only happens to the young and attractive. More commonly male, single, between 15-30 years old. Studies have shown 10-30% of men might use force under certain conditions. Rapist psychopathology: disease model: men rape due to alcohol consumption, mental illness or uncontrollable sexual urges. Feminist theory: keeping women in their place: rape and threat of rape are used by society to keep women in position lower than men, sex-role stereotyping encourages rape. Sociological theory: balance of power: rape is expression of power differentials in society.
