WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: General Social Survey, Squaw, Stranger Danger

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Leslie Nichols

Document Summary

Introduction: violence against women is a significant barrier in women achieving full equality. This stereotype dehumanizes indigenous women): various rape myths and rape culture that support sexual violence against women- that a victim was. The idea that rape can be prevented if women do this: dress modestly, who she hangs out with, where she was, cock tease , if women lead a man on, if she was too drunk. Myths for the perpetrator: the rapist couldn"t help it, it"s natural for men to want to have sex/to be more horny, men are biologically driven. Forms of violence: sexual violence, emotional violence, financial, psychological, physical, political, symbolic, spiritual, gender, stalking/harassment. Acts that result, or are likely to result, in physical, sexual and psychological harm or suffering to a woman, including threats of such an act, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty whether occurring in public or private life.