WMNST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sexual Assault, Trans Woman, Cisgender
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Gendered violence: implies that harm evolved form imbalance of power between people; mostly occurs when masculine entitlements produce power that manifests itself in harm and injury. Racialized violence: akin to above but also includes understanding that racial/ethnic power imbalances can lead to violence. Homophobic/transgender-phobic violence: akin to above; heterosexual and cisgender entitlements produce power that manifests itself in violence. Gender-based violence: when gender non-conforming people are harassed, tormented, beate, raped, and/or killed because they do not conform. Sexual assault: sexual contact without consent and/or that involves the use of force. Rape: broadly de ned as sex without consent, understood as crime of aggression . speci cally penetration of any bodily ori ce by penis or object without consent. Myth: primary motive for rape is impulsive sexual desire. Fact: studies show that major katowice for rape is power, not sex; sex is used as weapon to include pain, violence and humiliation.
