FEM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Masculinity, Rape Myth, Sexual Objectification
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Feminism and violence: concentration camps, starved no enemies, and practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety on the street, for child care, for social welfare, for rape crisis clinic, (cid:498)feminism has fought no wars. )t has set up no women(cid:495)s refuges, reforms in the laws. (cid:498)violence and the fear of violence frame many women(cid:495)s lives and sculpt their identities(cid:499) Gender-based violence and violence against women: reflects the idea that violence often serves to maintain structural gender inequalities; includes rape, sexual assault, relationship violence in heterosexual and same sex partnerships, sexual harassment, stalking, prostitution and sex trafficking. Physical: inflicting or attempting to inflict physical injury; withholding access to resources necessary to maintain health. Sexual: coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact without consent; attempting to undermine the victims sexuality to isolate victim from friends, family, school, and/or work. Psychological: instilling or attempting to instill fear; isolating or attempting.