SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Sexual Intercourse, Public Humiliation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Domestic violence: any act or omission done or not done to a partner that is perceived as psychologically, socially, economically, or physically harmful. Not providing an economically dependent spouse with sufficient funds to support herself and child. Physical assault level 1: pushing, slapping, punching, and face-to-face threats. Simply too afraid to leave because of expected retaliation from spouse. 63 percent of spousal homicides had a history of prior violence. Constant abuse renders them inoperative and without the capability of leaving. Rape was moved under sexual assault in 1983. The complainant and accused were not married to each other. The act of intercourse occurred without the consent of the women. Level 1: acts involving the least amount of physical injury including acts of sexual touching. Level 2: assault must involve a weapon, or the threat of a weapon, or result in bodily harm.