WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Notoav
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Helps offenders gain privilege over the weak and makes them feel better about themselves. The way the media is so prevalent in society. 460 sexual assaults in canada every year: 33/1000 are reported, 29/1000 are reported as a crime, 12/1000 have charges laid, 6/1000 are prosecuted, 3/1000 leads to conviction, 997/1000 assaults walk free. Rape culture: coined by feminists in us in 1970s to highlight ways in which society blamed victims of sexual assault and normalized male sexual violence. It is a culture that encourages male sexual aggression and supports violence against women.
