WS102 Lecture Notes - Sexual Assault, Heterosexuality, Voyeurism
27 Mar 2013
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Violence affects men and women, but there are differences in ways they experience and are socialized around violence. Ex. whatever local murder rates are, most women who are murdered by someone whom they had/have an romantic relationship with. Domestic violence against men are less severe. Women are mostly victims of sexualized and intimate violence. About 1200 women are killed every year by their significant other vs. 300 men. Men are socialized towards more violence understanding of themselves, their social status, and their masculinity. Violence occurs at birth and until elder age. Sexual proprietariness: idea that men are permitted to think of women as their sexual/reproductive/domestic property. Slaves, servants, wives, children viewed as a form of property. Western common law has codified/unwritten tolerance of men who murder their cheating wives because sexual ownership of women. Men who murder are not treated as mentally disturbed instead treated as normal men who were provoked. American women 5x likely to be murdered by husband.
