SOC 325

Canada

________ has vigilantism despite being private.

Intimate terrorism

intimidation, coercion, and controlling behaviours and actions.

Clares law

________ (Disclosure to Protect Against Domestic Violence): provides info to persons at risk about their partners criminal history.

Pop culture

________ promotes violent masculinity as cultural norm.

Sexual assault

________ (level I): minor or no injury.

Violence

________ socializes all around it into patriarchal understandings of gender.

Victims

________: balancing act between ‘ ________ and ‘ man identities; attempt to be seen as legitimate victim but still reaffirm their hegemonic man status.

Sexual assault

________ among women is 4x that of men.

Victim offender overlap

when an offender has also experienced victimization, or when a victim also engages in crime

Cycle of violence

witnessing/experiencing violence as a child can lead to perpetration of violence later in life

Ideal victim

readily afforded legitimate status

Witches

those who have power (women), goes against their weak attribute

Workers

victims of the capitalist system, losers of the system

Just World Belief (JWB)

belief in an orderly and just world, where bad things happen to bad people and good things happen to good people

Hegemonic masculinity

celebrates emotional stoicism and invulnerability (exept anger), strength, control, domination, sexual promiscuity & objectification, competition

Victim-offenders

victimization was avoided; men downplayed/ignored their victimization and amplified their use of violence

Victims

balancing act between ‘victim and ‘man identities; attempt to be seen as legitimate victim but still reaffirm their hegemonic man status

Gendercide

systematic targeting, punishment, and attempted elimination of gender roles of Indigenous peoples (two-spirited)

Subordinated masculinities

anything in opposition to hegemonic masculinity (ex., queer men)

Marginalized masculinities

lacking characteristics that allow you to conform to hegemonic masculinities (ex., racialized men)

Discursive distancing

use of discourse (speech, writing, etc.)

Hegemonic masculinity

attempting to position oneself as different than the hegemonic man, though often subtly still aligning oneself with hegemony (ex., gay jokes)

Complicit masculinity

majority of men benefit from patriarchal dividend, despite not actually displaying hegemonic masculinity

Hybrid masculinity

selective incorporation of identity elements typically associated with various marginalized and subordinated masculinities or femininities into privileged mens gendered performances and identities

positive/alternative/healthy masculinities

non hegemonic forms of masculinities that encourage men to engage in expressions of masculinity that are not harmful to others or themselves

Emphasized femininity

characteristics defined as womanly that establish complementary relationship to hegemonic masculinity that supports dominate position of men and subordination of women

Adultification

where racial minority childrens actions and transgressions are made to take on a sinister, intentional, fully conscious tone that is stripped of any element of childish naivete

Hypersexuality

men are constantly searching for sex, can never be satisfied

White anxiety

when white people fear the actions of the racialized

Elliot Rodger

founder of incel ideology

Femmephobia

sets gendered standard of femininity, read as inferior to masculinity

Stacy

the universal ideal woman

Chad

male counterpart to Stacy

Risk markers

men, prior violence, higher alcohol consumption, ACEs, endorsement of assault/gender norms/ hostility, peer norms support, passive consent, sexual risk taking, antisocial orientation

Perpetrator tactics

mechanisms used to coerce and control victims before, during, and after assault

Grooming

use of manipulative behaviours to gain trust and access to a potential victim, coerce them to comply to the abuse, and lessen the potential for being caught

Justifications

individual accepts full responsibility but denies wrongfulness of behaviour

denial of injury

most common, argue sexual abuse was consensual

Excuses

recognize wrongfulness, but don't claim full responsibility

Scapegoating

blame their experience of sexual abuse as direct cause for their sexual offending

Righteous masculinity

traditional or oppressive expression of masculinity enacted by someone of subordinate status

Rape myths

false views realted to perpetrator and survivor

Sexual assault (level I)

minor or no injury

Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level II)

includes threats

Aggravated sexual assault (level III)

wounding or near death

Mens rights movements (MRM)

blame feminism and claim that women now are more advantaged over men

Predators

protestors fighting against release of sex offenders into community, go to peoples houses

Creep hunters

actively bait individuals online and give info to police or release the info online

Situational couple violence (SCV)

most often results from arguments or conflicts that escalate into violent behaviour

Cycle of abuse

tension building, incident, reconciliation, calm

Stalking

repeated, unwanted, pursuit behaviours that result in severe emotional consequences for the victim (8% women, 5% men)

Coercive control

strategic course of self-interested behaviour designed to secure and expand gender-based privilege by establishing a regime of domination in personal life