CRM 2307 Study Guide - Psy
Document Summary
Individual (psy: they put it down to the individual they are sick individuals, they have a mental problem, biological (positivism, almost a form of natural selection that men want to reproduce and that rape is in some way an evolutionary adaption, men are driven by their sex drive and cannot help themselves. Rape free versus rape prone societies: rape prone societies, sexuality understood in terms of men overcoming female resistance, sex as rite of passage for men, patriarchy, warfare, rape free societies, women"s autonomy and ownership of body, high respect for reproductive capabilities, relation to nature is one of respect not exploitation/domination, no different value assigned sex specific tasks, female or male and female deity. Not about sex because then it would be about pleasure: violence (not sex, a cultural artefact, a social problem, rape is about power not sex, mobilize, public education and targeted sensitization, law and criminal justice reform, grass roots support.
