SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality
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Normalizing sexual violence: young women account for harassment and abuse. The gap between students who experience sexual harassment versus those who report it is that although almost half of the 1965 students were harassed, only 9 percent reported the sexual harassment to an authority figure. What is the core question of this study (pg. What does hlavka mean when she writes that heterosexuality is compulsory (pg. When hlavka writes, heterosexuality is compulsory, she means that it is an institution that organizes the conventions by which men and women relate. In this way, it"s assumed and expected and understood as natural and unproblematic. What is wrong with the phrase boys being boys, according to hlavka (pg. What taboos prevent youth and women (in particular) from reporting sexual harassment, according to hlavka (pg. The data hlavka uses in this study include audio-videotaped interviews of youths seen by forensic interviewers for reported cases of sexual abuse between 1995 and 2004.
