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Lecture 6 Flashcards

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Sex

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  • Biological male and female
  • Anatomical body parts
  • Socially constructed
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Gender

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Referring to continuum based on masculine and feminine

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Sexuality

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  • Sexual preference
  • Orientation
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Gender Descritption

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  • Socially constructed
  • Founded through activities, toys, ads
  • Separate attributes
  • Value is wrapped up between appearance
  • Rewarded or not based on norm attributes
  • Unattainable (Low self worth)
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Gender Info

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  • Dichotomy
  • Juxtaposition
  • Masculine seemed superior
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Sex Description

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  • Sexually constructed for only 2
  • 1.4% pop intersex
  • 30-40 intersex types
  • Germany first country to recognize other
  • Continuum linear for masc. or fem.`
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Heterosexual

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Romantically attracted to and/or people they engages sexual behavior with the opposite sex or gender

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Homosexual

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Sexually or romantically attracted to people of one’s own sex.

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Asexual

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Someone who does not experience sexual attraction toward individuals of any gender

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Bisexual

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Romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females (gender binary), to more than one gender, or to both people of the same gender and different genders

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Pansexual / Omnisexual

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Engage with sexual behavior with people regardless of their sex or gender

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Demisexual

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Attracted to someone on an emotional level

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Grey Sexual

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Not asexual /unsure

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Sexolgist

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  • Alfred Kinsey
  • 1950s
  • Sex is best described on a continuum (Fluid)
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Rape

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Any genital, oral, or anal penetration by a part of the perpetrator’s body or by an object, using force or without the victim’s consent

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Sexual Assault Facts

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  • Only violent crime in Canada not declining
  • Not reported accurate, gather data through survey
  • 82% of victims un 18 are girls
  • 1/ 3 Canadians understand what consent means
  • 5% of sexual assaults reported 2018
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How common is sexual assault

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  • Women 10 times more likely than men to be victims in2018
  • 92% reported were women 2018
  • 17% rise between intimated partners 2009-2019
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Three levels of sexual assualt

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  • Level one: cause little or no physical injury
  • Level two: involve a weapon, threat, or bodily harm
  • Level three: involve physical wounds, disfigurement, or threaten the life of the survivor
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Sexual assaults’ myth

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  • Sexual assault is usually committed by strangers, but in about 80% of cases, the sexual assault survivor knows the offender.
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Sexual Assault

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  • Sexual assault refers to unwanted sexual activity
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Sexual Harassment

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  • Sexual harassment can encompass discriminatory comments, behavior, as well as touching. Sexual harassment may take the form of jokes, threats, comments about sex, or discriminatory remarks about someone’s gender.
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Sexual Assault/Harassments at work

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According to a 2018 poll, 43% of women have been sexually harassed in their workplace. Women were also more than twice as likely as men to say they had experienced unwanted sexual contact while at work.

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Sex Trafficking

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  • Term used in law to describe recruiting, transporting, and holding people for the purpose of exploitation. Trafficking is a criminal offence.
  • Men for labor,
  • Women for sex, labor, commercial
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Trafficking Data

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  • 2009 to 2018, 97% of trafficking cases reported to police, majority of those are young women (45% are 18 to 24) or girls (28% are under 18).
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Why don’t people speak up about being sexually assaulted?

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  • Most sexual assaults are committed in someone’s home,by someone known to the survivor. In this context, the shock of such unexpected danger can paralyze the person being assaulted or harassed.
  • 80% of sexual assault is committed by someone the survivor knows.
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Why are so few sexual assaults reported to the police?

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  • Rate of self-reported sexual assaults has remained relatively stable, the percentage of offenses that were reported to the police dropped from about 12% in 2009 to 5% in 2019.
  • Less than 1% of sexual assaults experienced by women lead to an offender being convicted. The estimate is based on a 2012 analysis of self-reported sexual assault data and court statistics.
    After a sexual assault, a women might experience a range of psychological responses that affect her ability to report an incident, including denial, shock, guilt, shame, embarrassment, grief, anger, and fear.
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How can sexual assault be stopped?

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  • Understanding consent and raising awareness
  • High-school violence prevention programs are highly effective.
  • Recognize and challenge victim-blaming, and let survivors and victims know that sexual assault is not their fault.
  • Hold perpetrators accountable
  • Address systemic barriers in the legal system
  • Challenge gender inequality wherever you see it.

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