LAWS 3904 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Left Realism, Sex Segregation, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Founded on the criticism of male" stream criminology. Sex - biological vs. gender - separated from the biological in feminist victimology. Principles that are valued in certain cultural contexts what is means to be a women and what it means to be a man. Victims of rape continue to be blamed for their own victimization. Left realism looking at peoples experiences of particular forms of oppression, particularly womens. Radical feminists emerging in 1970"s starting points on feminist perspectives in victimology. Power over women facilitated by mens control of the state violence is hidden from view while implicitly sanctioned by the state. Maleness state dominated by men as well as the legal system obscured womens experiences of rape. Women really want what men want from women and therefore makes male force against women invisible notion of consent becomes invisible. Claimed that the state sanctions specific forms of violence that take place in private spheres. Public is and was dominated by men.