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Sexual Terrorism
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Sexual Terrorism
Presented by: Olivia Ehlers, Rachel Gilane, & Melissa Haack
Definition
Overview of topics
A system by which males frighten, and by frightening control and dominate females (Scheffield, 1995)
5 Components
Characteristics of Sexual Terrorism
Types of Sexual Terrorism
Is this definition too Narrow or too Wide?
- Are we letting too much in?
- Are we excluding certain circumstances?
Large spectrum of instances depending on how sexual terrorism is defined
- there is no "typical" victim or oppressor
- crimes of sexual violence are the least likely to be reported
- crimes of violence against females have the lowest conviction rates
- blaming the victim of sexual violence is pervasive
- sexual violence is not taken seriously
- sexual violence is about violence is about power, violence, and sex
- Ideology
- Propaganda
- Indiscriminate and amoral violence
- Voluntary compliance
- Perceptions of the terrorist and victim
- What is sexual terrorism?
- The Feminist Movement
- Cases of Sexual terrorism around the world
- Sexual terrorism in the Gaming community
The Feminist Movement
- First wave of Feminism: Votes for Women
-Second wave of Feminism: 1960s & 1970s radical feminism
-Grew out of leftist movements in postwar Western societies
-Third wave of Feminism:buoyed by the confidence of having more opportunities and less sexism
-emphasizes ambiguities in womanhood
-Current Events
-Emma Watson's address at the UN
Gaming Community
Globalization of Sexual Terrorism
Discussion Questions
Sexual Terrorism in the U.S.
Wide Spectrum
Why is it so hard to study?
Rape Culture in the U.S.
"Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture." -Women's Center at Marshall University
What does sexual terrorism look like globally?
"Gamergate"
- Does using the term 'rape culture' downplay the severity of the act itself?
- Is sexual terrorism ever morally permissible?
- Objections?
Victimization of BOTH males and females
Sexual terrorism DOES NOT look the same everywhere!
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Can rape culture be mediated?
Used as a weapon of war during aftermath of Rwandan genocide
-Proposed remedies
-Does the term "rape culture" cause damage?
Egypt
-Altering the behavior of the victim
Influence to legal system and persistence today
If rape culture is embedded into the social norm of our society, can it be altered? How would it be altered?