Tag: Rape culture

Rape Culture has been described as an environment in which rape and/or sexual violence is normalized and/or excused in popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language (this means language directed at the dislike or hatred of girls, women, or things considered as feminine), sexual objectification of other’s bodies without their consent, and the glamorization of sexual violence; thereby creating a society that disregards sexual rights and safety.

Examples of Rape Culture include:

Blaming the victim (“They asked for it”)
Minimizing sexual assault (“It is not “legitimate” rape”)
Jokes about sexual assault
Tolerance of sexual harassment
Inflating false rape report statistics
Publicly scrutinizing a victim’s dress, mental state, motives, and history
Refusing to investigate sexual assault
Scholars have concluded that rape culture effects all genders, races, sexual orientations alike.

Read: Morczek, A. (March/April 2015). The Synergistic Connection Between Sexual Violence and Rape Culture. The Sexual Assault Report, 18(4), 49-50 and 56-59.

Write a reflective paper on Rape Culture.

Your paper should be answered in the following five section format:

Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic, including historical or contemporary context of Rape Culture.

Paragraph 2: Describe at least one way that Rape Culture has impacted your life. You may use this space to reflect on personal behaviors you engage in, mental and emotional health, or personal relationships. Connect this to concepts and/or theories we have gone over in lecture and/or the textbook. End this section with a concluding sentence that reasserts how this evidence helps better understand Rape Culture.

Paragraph 3: Describe at least one way that Rape Culture has impacted the lives of the people around you? You may use this space to reflect on the experiences of friends, family, roommates, or peers. Connect this to concepts and/or theories we have gone over in lecture and/or the textbook. End this section with a concluding sentence that reasserts how this evidence helps better understand Rape Culture.

Paragraph 4: Describe one way that you have seen Rape Culture portrayed in the media. You may use this space to reflect on television, movies, music, comics, video games, sports culture, or reference a specific popular culture event (e.g.) Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, etc. Connect this to concepts and/or theories we have gone over in lecture and/or the textbook. End this section with a concluding sentence that reasserts how this evidence helps better understand Rape Culture.

Change Michelle Nichole to Michelle Nichols
– Wrong author for the news report ( it is lekhanath pandey)
– Sabir Shah not Shabir Shah

Paper instructions
-Research should be based on preferably one country
– case study on rape culture in one country
– The international law, international law
– CEDAW
– Are the international law obligations being satisfactorily implemented in that country
– In the interest of protecting the rights of women, the proper regulation of media reporting
– States failure of regulating media
– Let us regulate press freedom in such a way that we protect the rights of rape victims
– Choose between the media and the criminal justice system
– Nature of problem
– Discussing and analyzing the law
– Focus on the media angle
– What is the government doing to prevent the media from demonizing the victims
– Proposed structure
– Get rid of the literature review section, you will be discussing literature from start to end and replace it with a section that covers what are the state obligations in protecting women and children against sexual violence. Wider reading of international law to make sure it encompasses these protections
– Media regulations, greater regulation of the media to protect the victim
– Issue of the media and judicial attitudes
– Edit the proposed structure
– Introduction
– Proposed structure could include Applicable international laws
– Rape culture in a specific country
– Media regulation and the reporting of sexual crimes
– Focus on a country that rape culture is a big issue
– Examples of good practices regarding rape culture in other countries

Change Michelle Nichole to Michelle Nichols
– Wrong author for the news report ( it is lekhanath pandey)
– Sabir Shah not Shabir Shah

Paper instructions
-Research should be based on preferably one country
– case study on rape culture in one country
– The international law, international law
– CEDAW
– Are the international law obligations being satisfactorily implemented in that country
– In the interest of protecting the rights of women, the proper regulation of media reporting
– States failure of regulating media
– Let us regulate press freedom in such a way that we protect the rights of rape victims
– Choose between the media and the criminal justice system
– Nature of problem
– Discussing and analyzing the law
– Focus on the media angle
– What is the government doing to prevent the media from demonizing the victims
– Proposed structure
– Get rid of the literature review section, you will be discussing literature from start to end and replace it with a section that covers what are the state obligations in protecting women and children against sexual violence. Wider reading of international law to make sure it encompasses these protections
– Media regulations, greater regulation of the media to protect the victim
– Issue of the media and judicial attitudes
– Edit the proposed structure
– Introduction
– Proposed structure could include Applicable international laws
– Rape culture in a specific country
– Media regulation and the reporting of sexual crimes
– Focus on a country that rape culture is a big issue
– Examples of good practices regarding rape culture in other countries