Women's Studies 1020E Study Guide - Final Guide: Sexual Slavery, The Yellow Wallpaper, Sex Assignment
28 Nov 2016
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Sanday, rape-prone versus rape-free campus culture rape-prone - one in which the incidence of rape is reported by observers to be low. Rape is excused as a ceremonial expression os masculinity. An act by which men are allowed to punish or threaten women rape-free - one in which the act or rape is either infrequent or does not occur. Rape-prone attitudes and behaviours are adopted by young men who bond through homophobia and getting sex . Causing them to display masculinity through heterosexist displays of sexual aggression heterosexism - a system os attitudes that favours opposite-sex sexuality and relationships. Often includes the presumption that other people are heterosexual, that it is normal or superior. Relies of phallocentrism - relating to a perspective which is exclusively male. Sexual violence through pornography and conversation is normalized, then committing sexual violence becomes normalized also. Sexual equality, idea that sexes are complimentary. Rape-free society, not isolated, educated & urban.
