FEM 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sexual Assault, Rape Kit, Rape Myth

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 3104
• Professor: Darren O' Toole

Document Summary

Sexual assault and ipv: women"s experiences with the cjs. Sexual assault is a gendered issue: women are 5x more likely to experience sexual assault then men. Me(cid:374) ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)ee(cid:374) totall(cid:455) ig(cid:374)o(cid:396)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) the la(cid:449) Not many resources out there for men. 1982: rape divided into 3 classifications sexual assault (i), sexual assault with a weapon (ii), and aggravated sexual assault (iii, spouses and male victims included. 1992: (cid:862) ape shields(cid:863) la(cid:449) li(cid:373)it (cid:272)(cid:396)oss-e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374), (cid:396)efe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e to (cid:272)o(cid:373)plai(cid:374)a(cid:374)t(cid:859)s sexual history, consent is elaborated, what it is today, 276. 1 complaints past sexual history is not admissible in court. Because it supports twin myths notions through which sexual experience made them more likely to have consented. Makes their story less credible: 273. 2 made to prevent from the offender to use mistaken belief of consent as a defence. Figure 6 type of sentence for sexual assault convictions. Difficulty of understanding sexual assault in relationships.