Fraternities and Collegiate Rape Culture
A. Ayres Boswell and Joan z.Spadde
By Alexa Rivera, Kevin Mathew, Tim Yabu
The Settings
Fraternity Parties
-High and low risk houses
Bar Scene
- Observed Social interactions between men and women
- Use a variety of data collection approaches
- Follow the process of identifying high- and low-risk fraternity houses
Approach to rape culture
Rape culture - is a set of values and beliefs that provide an environment conducive to rape
Identify the social contexts that link fraternities to campus rape and promote a rape culture
Joan Z. Spade
A.Ayres Boswell
- Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University.
- Her previous publications have focused on the interstices of work and family, including the effects of men’s and women’s parental values.
- She is currently examining the effects of grouping students in middle school.
- Supervisor at a foster care agency in New York City.
- She works with abused and neglected children, trying to achieve permanency in the children’s lives either by reunification with their birth parents or by locating adoptive resources.