SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rape Shield Law, Hegemonic Masculinity, Rape Myth

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Lecture outline: canadian sexual assault statistics, rape myths, rape/sexual assault legislation, ewanchuck (1999) Challenging subject: messy/ineffective, prevalence of rape myths, close to home. 80-85% of the victims of sexual assault are female. 80% of assailants are friends and family of the victim. 60% of reported sexual assault cases involve youth under the age of 16, 79% of these cases are girls. 20-43% of canadian women will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime. 83% of disabled women will be sexual assaulted during their lifetime. 80% of aboriginal women will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime. 55-70% of trans* people will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime. About 50% of women of color will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime. 3 contributing factors to high rates of sexual assault, underreporting, and law"s ineffectuality: codes of hegemonic masculinity, social beliefs about rape and sexual assault, structure of law itself. Violence = predictable outcome of hegemonic codes of masculinity.