SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Intimate Partner Violence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: William Flynn

Document Summary

Intimate partner violence: the physical and nonphysical violence experienced by women and men at the hands of current or former partners (physical assault, emotional abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking within intimate relationships) Dating violence: various forms of sexually and non-sexually assaultive behaviours that occur within dating relationships. Date rape: any acts in which a date or boyfriend forced or attempted to force any type of sexual activity through threats or use of violence. Sexual double standard: the belief that men and women are expected to conform to different standards of sexual conduct. For functionalists, the regulation of norms and values surrounding sexual reproduction is functional because it maintains social stability. Conflict theorists focus on exploitative aspects of sexuality, focusing on workers and consumers and unequal power relations in the buying and selling of sex. Feminists draw attention to the social relationship between sexuality and gender.