SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Masculinity, Second-Wave Feminism
11 Feb 2017
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Personal traits: brain injuries, mental illness, abnormal brain wave patterns, low intelligence, psychotic symptoms, etc. Family dysfunction: family violence, physical and sexual abuse, physical punishment, inconsistent discipline. Trafficking creates disputes which are dealt with through violence. In canada, 14,000 gun-related deaths over 10 years. Men are less likely to come forward to report having been sexually assaulted, especially if the perpetrator was male. Women were viewed as property of men. Rape was an offence against the father or husband. Rape diminished the value of the wife or daughter. Canadian and american military: complaints of sexual assault in 1990s, second wave feminism in the 70s started to push women towards hyper- masculine jobs (e. g. police, military). Rape has long been associated with warfare. Women were considered to be spoils of war: vietnam, bosnia, africa, the product of the non-consensual unions that occurred during these wars, the.
