CRIM 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Feminist Theory, Univariate, Meta-Analysis
14 Sep 2016
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Lecture 2 sept 13 theories of sexual aggression. Evaluation of feminist theory: pros: addressing the gendered nature of law and the gendered political response of the state to sexual. And domestic violence: achieved important goals for women such as: consciousness-raising, support for women"s issues, and the enhancement of women"s self-esteem, place a much-needed demand on researchers to analyze sexual offending within its social context. Based in part on the finding that many sexual offenders against children exhibit equal or greater genital arousal to pedophilic stimuli than to consenting adult stimuli. However, deviant sexual arousal may not always be characteristic of men who have sexually offended against children: Hypothesis: men who engage in sexually deviant behavior do so because they prefer them to socially acceptable sexual behaviors. Are thought by many to have become entrenched prior to the initial deviant act. Social learning theory: suggests that violent pornography can increase subsequent aggressive behavior because it portrays this behavior as rewarding.
