SOCI 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Victim Blaming, Sexual Assault, Libido
16 May 2018
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SOCI 495
Janauary 29
The Hookup Culture and Violence
What is a hookup: any sexual encounter - purposely vague figure
Documentary on Hook Up Culture: Spitting Game -
Armstrong, Hamilton and England - Is Hooking Up Bad for Women?
Rape as a Social Problem?
• / oe i the US ill o hae epeieed ape o attepted ape i thei lifetie
• It's a e soial pole --> Rape existed for thousands of years and there are testimonies for
it in the bible, Greek mythology and other scriptures
• It's a e social problem because only in the second half of the 20th century did we see a shift
from looking at it as an individual problem to a social problem due to second wave feminist
movement
• Rape i ilial ties --> women viewed as men's property (wives, daughters, moms), and was
viewed as a crime against a man's property not against the woman
• If a oa as aped, it as see as he fault, ad if she as aied oth ould e put to
death
• If a uaied oe as aped, she ould a the apist or the father could demand
compensation for damaged goods
• I ode ties up util the s, the ie as that e suffe fo iesistile se die
(victim blaming), so it's up to the women not to arouse men's passions
• Feiis: ies stat to hage
• First to highlight that rape was more than sexual desires and passion
• Tool for controlling and disciplining women (and men)
• Much like other violence, part of the social structure, patriarchy
• Teaching kids that aggression is part of their sex role (real men don't take no for an
answer, expected to push and use force if necessary and the same cultural beliefs teach
women that submission is part of their sex role)
Why Does Rape Happen?
• Biologial pheoeo --> all men prone to spread their sperm and men who don't have
social skills resort to rape to forward their genes
• A eidee fo this is full of epiial ad oeptual holes --> pseudoscience
Armstrong, Hamilton, etc.
• Eolutioa/Biologial Vies
1. Psychological Approach
• The psychological attributes of rapists and victims, and who is more or less likely based on
characteristics
• Common perpetrators: more likely to have more sexual partners, men in their freshman
year, victims, prior victims of sexual assault
• Common victims: during frosh, women who are drinking, younger
2. Structural/Institutional Approach
• Approach that they are putting forward
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