PHIL 2500 Lecture Notes - Sexual Assault, Victim Blaming, Critical Philosophy
22 Apr 2013
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There"s an inconsistency, we need self-defense classes, safety classes. Testimonies of trauma, victim blaming, mickinneon- stupid theory of equality. Pineau-focus on date rape- patriarchal conceptual framework, myths, Brison-what motivates sexual assault tends to focus on women. Don"t go out concepts of consent, remedy- communicative sexuality. Hooks: critical outlook; collapses binary- it"s not just about men and women, it"s about systems of domination, sexual assault isn"t just a symptom of sexism, but rather of systems of domination. Sexual assault discourse primarily addresses women, and not men. at night, don"t dress a certain way. But they are still symptomatic of the focus on women. If the discourse was more focused on stopping rape, maybe instances of rape would go down. If it addressed men then it would get to the root. Legal feminist philosophers- if the rules against women to prevent we"re turned on men. Use the buddy system if you can"t stop yourself from raping.
