SOCI 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Andrea Dworkin, Domestic Violence, Rape Culture
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Rape-prone society: mary coss- largest scale study on rape. 1-4 women has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. Most likely to happen to college-age women on campus: america is 1; it means it"s likely to happen, andrea dworkin. In order to rape, an individual has to believe that another individual is not as human as them. Men who rape are not distinguishable from other men: there"s something in our social construction that leads to rape. Not saying anything is the same as supporting an issue. Extra credit: filling out teaching evaluations & attending gender speeches. Rape- our definition is gender neutral: statistically happens more to women than men, until 1993, it was legal in some states to rape your wife. Laws of coverture- the woman was under the cover of the man. Women taking their husband"s last name b/c he owned them. The man became the 1 full citizen in the household.
