W S 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Acquaintance Rape, Marital Rape, Media Circus

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: W S 201
• Professor: Michele Schaal

Document Summary

Intersectionality: global, gender, social class, sexual orientation, color, disability, age, geographical location. Why this specificity? (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal a(cid:374)d s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)i(cid:272) phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)o(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)wl 2(cid:1010)(cid:1011)(cid:895) But: social class or privilege also matter. Performing violence may imply having power (hooks) Women perpetrators should be held accountable just as anyone else. Antiquity and across cultures and civilizations = crime. Hift to (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e of (cid:862)se(cid:454)ual desire(cid:863) (cid:862)co(cid:373)pe(cid:374)satio(cid:374)(cid:863): (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) or goods; (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) (cid:373)arr(cid:455)i(cid:374)g rapist: me(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol (cid:862)(cid:374)eeds(cid:863, heteronormative definition, marginalization. Endemic issue (status and process of othering) Acknowledge and prosecute all forms of non-consensual sex: marital rape, date and acquaintance rape, abuse of children, as weapon of war. Not seriously examined or considered before 1970s. End myths and lies about rape: (cid:862) e(cid:454)uall(cid:455) de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t (cid:373)e(cid:374) o(cid:374)l(cid:455)(cid:863, (cid:862)wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s se(cid:272)ret (cid:449)ish(cid:863, (cid:862)bla(cid:373)e the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)(cid:863) Not new phenomenon but more visible today. Multiple forms of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional, economic, psychological. Not just married or straight couples: intimate partner violence (ipv)