Transcript Power, Sexism, Heterosexism

Power, Sexism, Heterosexism
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Power, Sexism, Heterosexism
II. The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill
III. Rape and Sexual Assault, by James A. Doyle
IV. How the Entertainment Industry Degrades Women
by Martha Burk and Kirsten Shaw (77)
V. Killing Us Softly 3 - Advertising's Image of
Women
VI. Mothers of Convention by Lindsy Van Gelder (94)
Power, Sexism, Heterosexism
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Patriarchy, sexism
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II.
Economic, political, cultural
Feminism
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B.
Egalitarian
Transformational
III. Recent history – feminist movement,
backlash, etc.
Discrimination Based on Gender Includes
Socialization – early childhood and beyond
Schooling, including steering males and females
toward different subjects, majors
III. Employment - hiring and promotion (glass
ceiling), sexual harassment
IV. Family – females do a disproportionate amount of
housework and child-raising, even in heterosexual
households with two full-time workers
V. Violence – rape and sexual assault, battering
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II.
The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill
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Background
Sexual Harassment
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B.
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Definition
Prevalence
Claims by Hill
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Pervasive
Often unreported
When reported, responses are often unhelpful
III. Discussion
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B.
C.
Discussion – what is appropriate and what is
inappropriate
What do you do about it? (prevention, response)
Why?
What should you do about it? Why?
James A. Doyle, Rape and Sexual Assault
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Rape is
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B.
A violent sexual act
Performed by many
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C.
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[Current statistics]
Reinforced by the dominant patriarchal values
Most cultures in the world contribute to rape
and sexual assault
Rape and Power
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Premise: rape is primarily a crime of
dominance and aggression
For many men, dominance is a major part
of self-image, and carries over into sexual
life
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Research cited
The problem of numbers
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Underreporting historically a problem
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B.
Caused in part by stigmatization
Has been changing, partly because of
organizing and work by rape prevention groups,
many of which include men
Rape as a Social Concern
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Prevention strategies
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For individual women
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2.
B.
C.
Restrictive
Assertive
[for individual men, education and discussion]
Social and institutional issues
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2.
Media images
Gender role
How the Entertainment Industry Degrades
Women, by Martha Burk and Kirsten Shaw
Says there is an “epidemic” of “genderspecific violence” [1992]
II. Claims that the complacent reaction is
“shored up by the background noise of
media images telling us it is acceptable”
III. Cites examples of movies and television
IV. Argues children are especially influence
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Killing Us Softly 3 - Advertising's Image of Women
featuring Jean Kilbourne (2000)
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Key points – see reading notes
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See also
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http://www.genderads.com/
Mothers of Contention, Lindsy Van Gelder
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Key Points
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Power and heterosexism
Marginalization of homosexuals
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In this case, of lesbian parents