L7 Rape Flashcards
rape
any person who has sexual intercourse without the consent of the other person
(bbd revision) and knows tht the other person doesnt consent/is reckless as to whether they consent or not
1 in 5 women, 1 in 7 men
-not about sex (but anger, control and violence…dif motives, charact and techn)
-sex is just the weapon
-majority of perpetrators walk free; its important to report to incr survelliance and catch and prevent and help victims but many are afraid of retaliation and believe nothing could be done (or they dont want offender in trouble or believe its personal matters)
-most have ptsd after
power reassurance
most common
-least violent (gentleman type)
-low self e, quite, passive, no gf (loner)
-lacks sociability and sexual interactions
-not planned
-fantasy
-wants reassurance from victim
-keep souvinirs
-sexual motif
anger retaliatory
-high anger lvls for women (blames them for crimes)
-similarity betw women they hate and victims
-assaults (fist, feet, weapon) regularly ….built up anger (victims have genitial and phy injuries)
-psychosocial background: phy and emo abuse growing up, relation to women very poor
power assertive
-sexually confident
-rape validates masculinity
-finds victims in social places with con approach (get tok know, offer ride, walk to car etc)
-extreme violence and verbal attacks
-no apology/souvinirs
-motive: control and dom weaker sex
anger excitation
-least common
-gains pleasure and sex excitement from distress
-often has tools (ie duct tape, binding, ski mask etc)
-victims are strangers and placed in secluded area for days (complete control)
-tells them plans and is ritualistic (plans every detail from abduction to rape to kill)
-good at evading capture
-psychosocial: single parent, phy abuse and sex devi (agress and sex promiscuity early on)
-motive: degrade, torture, kill
theories
evolutionary - rooted in bio, adaptive male mating strageties to incr repoduction, rape is sexually motivated (all for sex only)
fem - rape is a systom of male dom soci, violent act ovr sex from political motivations to dom and degrade, socialization of men and masculinity, intimidation that keeps women in a state of fear
self control - male sex drive is uncontrollable, women play role as they deny sex to men who have to relieve their sex drive, low self control that needs immed. gratification (impulsive and self centered)
fem sex offenders (FSOs)
-majorly unrepresented
-more personal abuse history with a wide age of (more likely to experience parental, phy and emo abuse….victimization in youth; have ptsd (most/70%)) victims (mainly younger), they also can/will offend any gender
-likely to use coercion
-single offenders (one victim) if more than one women they then would have more than one
typologies:
teacher/lover - victim is partner and they intend no harm, adolescent victims, history of phy and emo abuse, cant unders actions are wrong
predisposed - victims from bio fam/easy to access other kids, isolated from adult contact and highly promiscious in youth, have sex abuse history from fam and claim not to like sex
male coerced - sub, passive and powerless in relationship, endorses trad/patriarch gen roles and say person is diferent (pre and post abuse)
Spousal rape