SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sexual Assault, Stranger Danger, Romantic Comedy Film
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It"s time to end violence against women on campus. Women are usually the victim, men are the perpetrator, perpetrator ends up in jail. Perpetrator stereotypes: creepy, reclusive, visibly identifiable mental health issue, racialized. Who intervenes: detective lots of time to listen, resolved quickly. Idea that women are lying, asking for it or to blame . Women are sexually assaulted in their lifetime (92% of survivors are women, 86% of perpetrators are men) 1/7 men are sexually assaulted in their lifetime: 95% of those men assaulted are by heterosexual men, most men assaulted are under the age of 13 when it happens. Myth #2: rapists are creepy men in alleys but. We are thought about stranger danger avoiding certain places, not going out at night etc. 83% of rape survivors were assaulted by some one they know. 80% of sexual assaults happen in the survivor"s home. 43% of women are sexually harassed at work.