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BOSTON COLLEGE
SC 144 Legal and Illegal Violence Against Women
Fall 2012
Office: 411 McGuinn
Dr. Holmstrom
e-mail lynda.holmstrom@bc.edu
ext 2-4138 (with Voice Mail)
Prerequisite: None, although introductory sociology is useful.
Description: This course will analyze the use of violence and the threat of violence to maintain the
system of stratification by gender. Rape, wife abuse, incest, and other related topics will be discussed.
The focus will be on 1) causes of this violence, 2) effects, and 3) strategies for change.
Requirements:
1. Knowledge of material presented in class, including announcements. Attendance is expected;
a pattern of absences may result in a lower grade. Electronic devices are to be turned off
in class and put away. The one exception is a cell phone that you have registered with BC
via Agora for emergency notification, and it may be left on in “vibrate mode.” [Go to BC
Home Page, Click on A-Z, Go to “Safety & Security Information—BC/Prepared”; Click
on “For Students” for instructions on how to have your cell phone listed for cell phone
text messaging alerts.]
2. Reading list (and class discussion of reading).
3. Term paper. Approx. 10 pages, based on your own research. Must get topic approved and
must follow approved format. Keep printed back-up copy for your files. Keep working
notes, articles, etc. until paper is graded. Follow instructions, including instructions on
what types of references are acceptable.
4. Short assignments (e.g., analysis of beauty standards, etc.)
5. Midterm (essay exam on lectures, films, & reading) (Attendance mandatory)
6. Final exam (essay exam on lectures, films, and reading) (Attendance mandatory)
Due Dates:
Midterm: Wed. Oct. 10, 2012
Term paper: Mon. Nov. 12, 2012
Short Assignments: as announced in class
Final exam: on the date announced by the university
(If this date is a problem, please arrange to take a different course.)
Note: Papers more than two weeks late will not be accepted for even partial credit unless there is an
emergency sufficiently serious to require the intervention of the Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences.
Grading: Midterm 20%; Term paper 35%; Final exam 45%; Short Assignments pass/fail. Must have a
passing grade on the final exam to pass the course.
Definition of letter grades (as stated in the Bulletin): A excellent, B good,
C Satisfactory, D passing but unsatisfactory, F Failure
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Readings for the course are available electronically:
Electronic Reserves
Note: The library is transitioning to a new system, so the details on electronic reserves may change
as the semester progresses. For example, it may become possible to sort the readings by author.
Also note that the format for electronic items is not consistent. Regarding book excerpts, for
example, some readings are listed by book title and some by section title.
Most of the readings are on BC electronic reserve:
• Go to BC home page
• Use “Libraries” pull-down menu & click on “Resources & Services”
• Under “Quick Links,” click on “Course Reserves”
• Sign in (With Username and Password)
• For registered students, the course number should appear automatically. If necessary, search for course
(e.g., by course number – SC144.01)
• Locate specific reading (click at top of list to get them sorted by title to make it easier)
• Open it (Go to "View Item Online”)
• Sign in again if necessary
• Print
Readings from the journal, Violence Against Women, can be accessed electronically through Holmes:
• Go to BC home page
• Use “Libraries” pull-down menu
• Click on Holmes Library Catalog
• Search by title for Violence Against Women
• Go to Sidebar “Material Type” and click on “More Options”
• Select: Include journals; Click on “Continue”
• Violence Against Women [electronic resource] (Sage journal) will appear.
• Click on "Available Online"
• Click on Highwire Press Sage Publications
• Sign in (With User Name and Password)
• Click on year you are seeking
• Click on month you are seeking
• Locate specific article, Click on Full Text (PDF) (to open the PDF file)
• Print
Session 1 Introduction Media portrayal of violence; Fear of Violence. (9/5)
Session 2 Steps forward, Steps backward (9/7)
Olson, Linda. “The Way We Were: When Women Were Supposed to Stay Home,” Columns,
24, (4), Dec. 2004, p. 26. (e-reserve)
Halpern Diane F., and Fanny M. Cheung, Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to
Combine Work and Family, “How to Lead a Dually Successful Life,” (Chichester, UK:
Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), pp. 208-230 (skim). (e-reserves)
Levy, Ariel, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. New York: Free
Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2006. Excerpts from Levy (e-reserve):
a) Introduction pp. 1-5
b) Chap 3 Female Chauvinist Pigs – two excerpts:
1) pp. 93-94 and 2) pp. 105-112
c) Chapter Five: “Pigs in Training – excerpt: pp. 144-155.
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Sessions 3,4,5 Medical Violence (9/10 -- 9/14)
9/10 Discuss Ehrenreich & English, For Her Own Good, “Witches, Healers, and Doctors” pp.
33-47 & 58-61. (e-reserve)
Anonymous, “Centuries Later, ‘Witches’ Pardoned,” Boston Globe, Oct. 30, 2004, p. A12 (e-reserve).
9/12 c/section rates—NCHS Brief & news readings:
Menacker, Fay and Brady Hamilton, “Recent Trends in Cesarean Delivery in the United
States/.” NCHS Brief, Number 35, March 2010. (e-reserve)
Ogilvie, Megan, “Doctors Seek to Reduce Growing Trend to C-sections; Fear of Lawsuits One Reason for
Doing Caesareans, MDs Say,” The Toronto Star, June 26, 2008, section: News; p. A20. (e-reserve)
Bakalar, “Voluntary C-Sections Result in More Baby Deaths,” New York Times, Sept 5, 2006 (e-reserve)
9/14
Discuss ob/gyn mini papers
Cont'd
Session 6 Female Genital Cutting (9/17)
Nawal Nour lecture,“Caring for Circumcised Women,” BC Front Row
(Go to BC web page A-Z, go to Front Row, search by name of lecture or lecturer)
Toubia, Female Genital Mutilation Optional reading. (excerpts) (e-reserve)
Anon. “‘My Mother Held Me Down,’” News.bbc.co.uk June 10, 2007
Gagen, “Social Change in Senegal” (e-reserve)
Session 7 Honor; also, begin Social Standards of Beauty (9/19)
Honor:
Arin, “Femicide in the Name of Honor in Turkey” (e-reserve)
Kulczycki and Windle, “Honor Killings in the Middle East and North Africa: A Systematic Review of The
Literature,” Abstract, p. 1442. Violence Against Women, 17 (11) (Nov. 2011) (On-line through BC
Holmes).
Brief news readings (skim):
Nickerson, “For Muslim Women, A Deadly Defiance: ‘Honor Killings’ on Rise in Europe” (e-reserve)
Dorell, Oren, “‘Honor Killings’ in USA Raise Concerns; Practice Imported from the Mideast,” USA Today,
November 30, 2009. (e-reserve)
Tait, Robert, “Turkish girl, 16, Buried Alive ‘For Talking to Boys’” The Guardian (London), Feb. 5,
2010) (e-reserve)
Also, Select 2 to skim from these:
Siemaszko, Corky, “Too ‘Westernized’ To Live. Iraqi-American Dad Charged with Murdering His
Daughter,” Daily News (New York), Nov. 4, 2009, City Final Edition, p. 20
Anon.,“Turkish Father Kills Raped Girl,” BBC 4/28/2004. (e-reserve)
Anon, “Father Jailed for ‘honour’ murder,” (Tulay Goren case), BBC, 12/17/2009
Anon. “Two Given Life for Honour Killing” BBC 7/14/2006 (e-reserve)
Anon., “Four Men Jailed for Life Over Blackburn Arson Murders” BBC, August 3, 2010. (case of setting
fire to wrong house)
Tanveer, “Accused of 4 ‘Honor Killings,’ Father Says He Had 5th in Mind” (e-reserve)
Beauty:
Plan beauty mini-paper.
Discuss:
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Sexton, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (poem) (e-reserve)
hooks, “Back to Black: Ending Internalized Racism” (e-reserve)
Sessions 8,9,10,ll cont’d: Social Standards of Beauty (9/21 – 9/28) (Also part of session 12)
9/21 Video: “Miss America”
9/24 Video: “The Famine Within”
9/26 & 9/28: Discuss video plus eating/beauty readings:
Wolf, “The Beauty Myth” (e-reserve) Read pp. 9-11; Optional pp. 12-19.
Cunningham, “Barbie Doll Culture” (e-reserve)
Brumberg, “Anorexia Nervosa in the 1980's” from Fasting Girls (e-reserve)
Brumberg, The Body Project, (e-reserve)
Brumberg and Jackson, “The Burka and the Bikini” (op-ed article) (e-reserve)
Also brief readings to skim:
Dohnt, Hayley and Marika Tiggemann, "Body Image Concerns in Young Girls: The Role
of Peers and Media Prior to Adolescence," Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v35, n
2, April 2006. (Skim “Discussion” pp 148-51. – e-reserve)
Abramovitz, Beth, and Leann Birch, "Five-year-old Girls' Ideas about Dieting Are
Predicted by Their Mothers' Dieting." J Am Diet Assoc. 2000 October; 100(10):
1157-1163. (Skim—e-reserve)
Brodey, “Blacks Join the Eating-Disorder Mainstream” (e-reserve)
Barnard, “Wasting Away:…Medical & Psychological Attention…” (e-reserve)
Willett, Walter C., Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to
Healthy Eating “Healthy Weight Guidelines” Chart (NY: Simon and Schuster Source,
2001), p. 40.
Cohen, “Dads Take On Advertisers Who Insult Daughters” (e-reserve)
Kelly, Amy, et al, "Adolescent Girls with High Body Satisfaction: Who Are They and
What Can They Teach Us? Journal of Adolescent Health, vol 37, no. 5, p 391-96
Nov 2005. Read Abstract. (e-reserve)
Donnelly, Erin. “Texas High Schoolers Go Makeup Free for Redefining Beautiful
Club.” Stylelist, Oct. 8, 2010. On web site: stylelist.com/2010/10/08/texas-highschoolers-make-up-free-redefining-beautiful-club/ (e-reserve)
Session 12 Midterm preparation; Also, Beauty Standards cont’d (10/1)
Midterm preparation and rules
H & B, The Victim of Rape pp xxxi-xxxv (prevention & avoidance concepts)
Discussion of:
Wilson, “Pharaonic Circumcision under Patriarchy and Breast Augmentation under
Phallocentric Capitalism” (e-reserve)
Goodman, Ellen, “Born-Again Virgins,” Boston Globe, June 20, 2008, p. A15 (e-reserve) (skim)
Eckersley, Richard, "True Power Rests in Social Values," Courier Mail (Queensland, Australia) March 31,
2004. Features, pg. 23. (e-reserve) (skim)
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Sessions 13,14 Rape: Definition, The Event & The Effects (10/3, 10/5) (Also sessions 16 & 17 after
midterm)
Forbes, et al, “Dating Aggression, Sexual Coercion, and Aggression-Supporting Attitudes
Among College Men as a Function of Participation in Aggressive High School Sports” (ereserve) (Violence Against Women, 2006, #5 (On-line through Holmes)
Knapp, “Duke Just Another Spoiled Jock School” (e-reserve)
Taylor, “Disturbing Behavior: Coddled Existence Can Skew An Athlete’s Perspective (ereserve)
Cole, “DA Warns of Dangers Online” (e-reserve)
Ly, “Learning the Keys to Cool on the Internet: FBI Agents Learn Teen Lingo…” (e-reserve)
Burgess & Holmstrom, “Rape Trauma Syndrome” (e-reserve)
Pelka, “Raped: A Male Survivor Breaks His Silence” (e-reserve)
Grossfeld, “A Voice for the Victims” (e-reserve)
Aron, Adrianne, et al., (1991) “The Gender-Specific Terror of El Salvador and Guatemala: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Central American Refugee Women,” Women’s Studies Int.
Forum, 14, 37-47. (e-reserve)
Session 15 MIDTERM Wed Oct. 10, 2012
Session 16 & 17 Rape: The Event and Effects cont’d (10/12, 10/15)
Session 18 Rape; Feminism (10/17)
Sessions 19 & 20 Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape (10/19, 10/22)
10/19 Video “Date Rape Backlash”
10/22 Discussion of the video and related readings
Harned, “Understanding Women’s Labeling of Unwanted Sexual Experiences with Dating
Partners” (Violence Against Women, 2005, #3) (On-line through Holmes)
Also, select one article to read from these two on Bystander Focused Prevention:
Potter and Banyard, “Guest Editors’ Introduction,” Violence Against Women, 17 (6) (June,
2011), pp. 679-83. (This is an introduction to a special issue of the journal focused on
bystander focused prevention.) (On-line through Holmes)
Katz, “Penn State: The Mother of All Teachable Moments for the Bystander Approach.” 3Part Series, Dec. 1,8, and 15, 2011. (e-reserve) Also available at:
http://www.jacksonkatz.com/documents/PennStateJune.pdf
Gross, et al “An Examination of Sexual Violence Against College Women,” Abstract, p. 288;
article optional. (Violence Against Women, 2006, #3 – On-line through Holmes)
Lee, et al, “Attitudes Toward Rape: Comparison Between Asian & Caucasian College Students”
Abstract p. 177. (Violence Against Women, 2005, #2 – On-line through Holmes)
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Session 21 Rape: Criminal Justice System: Police, Hospital, DA (10/24 )
Clay-Warner & Burt, “Rape Reporting After Reforms: Have Times Really Changed?” Violence
Against Women, 11 (2) (Online-through BC Holmes)
H & B, “Introduction, ”Victim of Rape, pp xiv-xvii (e-reserve)
Patterson, “The Impact of Detectives’ Manner of Questioning on Rape Victims’ Disclosure,”
Violence Against Women, 17 (11) (Nov., 2011). Abstract, p. 1349. (On-line through BC Holmes)
Campbell, “Rape Survivors’ Experiences with the Legal and Medical Systems: Do Rape Advocates Make a
Difference?,” Abstract, p.30. Violence Against Women, 12 (1) (January, 2006) (Online through BC Holmes)
Sessions 22, 23 Rape: Criminal Justice System: Trials (10/26,10/29)
H & B, “Defense Thematic Strategies,” excerpt from Victim of Rape, pp. 171-220. (e-reserve)
H & B, Court Outcome, Comparative Questions, Victim of Rape pp.xvii-xx
Lonsway and Archambault, “The ‘Justice Gap’ for Sexual Assault Cases: Future Directions for Research and
Reform,” Abstract, p. 145. Violence Against Women 18 (2) (Feb. 2012). (On-line through BC Holmes)
Brown, “Rape Trial Divides Okla. Town” (e-reserve)
Anon. “N.H. Court Rules In Rape Case: Says That Outfit Was Not Consent” (e-reserve)
Davis, “ Spotlight in Skakel Case is on Bench.” (e-reserve)
Konradi and Burger, “Having the Last Word” (e-reserve—optional reading)
10/26 and/or 10/29:
Video “On Trial,” plus comparison of it with related readings
Sessions 24, 25 Rape Culture: Everyday Life (10/31, 11/2)
H & B, “Rape As Part of Everyday Life,” Victim of Rape, pp. xxi-xxvi
hooks, “Seduced by Violence No More” (e-reserve)
Plath, “Daddy” (e-reserve)
Middlebrook, Her Husband: Hughes & Plath—A Marriage pp.184-89 (e-reserve)
Rhoads, “Whales Tales, Dog Piles, & Beer Goggles...Frat Life” (e-reserve)
Foubert & Perry, “Creating Lasting Attitude & Behavior Change in Fraternity
Members & Male Student Athletes, Abstract p 70. Violence Against
Women, 13 (1), 2007. (Online through Holmes)
Ryan & Kanjorski, “The Enjoyment of Sexist Humor...” (Abstract) (e-reserve)
Jackson, “Say No to Hip-Hop’s Excesses” 11/12/05 (e-reserve)
Rose, Tricia. The Hip Hop Wars. NY: Basic Civitas Books, A Member of the Perseus Books
Group, 2008:
a) Introduction, Excerpt, pp. 1-6. (e-reserves)
b) Debate # 5: Hip Hop Demeans Women, excerpt, pp. 113-122 (e-reserve)
hooks, “Introduction: Revolutionary Attitude” (relevant to images) (e-reserve)
Plan for ad mini paper (pornographic themes in ads/comparison ad)
Sessions 26, 27, 28 Pornography (11/5,11/7,11/9)
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Griffin, Susan. Pornography and Silence NY: Harper Colophon, 1982. Read p 12 (last
paragraph) through p. 20 (e-reserve). (Additional excerpts are on e-reserve for optional
reading.)
Dines, Gail “The Porn Buster,” Boston Globe, Apr. 14, 2005. p. A15. (op-ed re Andrea
Dworkin) (e-reserve)
Dines, Gail Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality. Boston: Beacon
Press, 2010. Excerpts on e-reserve:
a) “Preface” pp. ix-xiii.
b) “Introduction: Porn and the Industrialization of Sex”, pp. xviii-xxv
c) Chap. 4 “Grooming for Gonzo: Becoming a Man in a Porn Culture.”
Excerpt: pp 59-68
d) Chap. 6 “Visible or Invisible: Growing Up Female in a Porn Culture.”
Excerpt: pp. 99-107
11/5 and/or 11/7:
Video “American Pornography.” Related short reading:
Anon., “Linda Boreman, 53; Starred as Linda Lovelace, Fought Porn” (e-reserve)
11/7
11/9
Discuss video & possibly begin Griffin book excerpt and Dines book excerpts (e-reserve)
Discuss Dines book excerpts
Sessions 29, 30, 31 Macro Analyses (11/12,11/14,11/16)
H & B, “Causes of Rape: Macro Analyses,” in Victim of Rape, pp xxvi-xxxi
Collins, “Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood” (e-reserve)
Card, “Rape as a Weapon of War” (e-reserve)
Fisher and Chang, “Cold Comfort: Japan Still in Denial over WWII Rapes” (op-ed article) (ereserve)
Bodeen, “Li Xiuying, at 86; A Survivor of Nanking Massacre,” p. D9. (e-reserve)
Tabuchi, “Sex-Slave Debate Revives in Japan,” Boston Globe, March 2, 2007, p. A3. (e-reserve)
Dixon, “For Rape Victims, Rwanda’s Horrors Live on through Aids” (e-reserve)
Johnson, “After Visit to Refugees, Doctors’ Group Asserts Sudan Is Practicing Genocide” (e-reserve)
Engeler, Eliane, “Rapes Detailed in UN Report on Darfur,” Boston Globe, Aug. 22, 2007, p. A9. (e-reserve)
Anonymous, “In Zimbabwe, the Cruelty Goes On,” Boston Globe, July 8, 2008 p. A6. (e-reserve)
Hopkins, “Mobile Phones Document Rape as Weapon in Libya.” May 25, 2011 from readwriteweb. (e-reserve)
Costa, “Violence Against Women and Girls in the Horn of Africa: The Untold Story.” Aug. 31, 2011. Huffington
Post. (Re refugee camps and the cooking fuel issue.) (e-reserve)
11/16 Video excerpt on “Comfort Women” in WWII
Discussion of rape & war readings (i.e., Card; Fisher & Chang; Dixon, Johnson, etc.)
Sessions 32, 33, 34, 35 Wife/Girl Friend Abuse (11/19, 11/26, 11/28, 11/30)
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Abuse Readings:
Lavoie, Robitaille, and Hébert, "Teen Dating Relationships and Aggression"
(e-reserve)
Olson, Elizabeth, “A Rise in Efforts to Spot Abuse in Youth Dating,” New York Times, Jan.4,
2009. (e-reserve).
Noonan, Rita K., and Dyanna Charles, “Developing Teen Dating Violence Prevention Strategies,”
Excerpts: “Implications for Prevention Programming and Research” and “Conclusion.,”
Violence Against Women, 15, (9), (Sept., 2009) Excerpts: pp. 1098-1103. (On-line through
BC Holmes)
Hassouneh-Phillips, “‘Marriage is Half of Faith and the Rest is Fear Allah’:
Marriage and Spousal Abuse Among American Muslims,” (e-reserve)
Bacchus, Mezey, & Bewley, “A Qualitative Exploration of the Nature of Domestic Violence in
Pregnancy, Abstract p 588 Violence Against Women 12 (6) 2006. (On-line through BC
Holmes)
Change/Action Readings
Al-Suwaij, “Freeing Muslim Women From Suffering” (e-reserve)
Rodriguez, “The Power of the Collective: Battered Migrant Farmworker Women
Creating Safe Spaces” (e-reserve)
Scott and Wolfe, “Change Among Batterers: Examining Men's Success Stories”
Read Abstract p. 827; Optional pp. 828-42. (e-reserve)
Miller, Scott. “Discussing the Duluth Curriculum: Creating a Process of Change
for Men Who Batter,” Violence Against Women 16 (9) 2010, pp. 1007-1021.
(Conversation between Ellen Pence and Luis Aravena about the philosophy
and method of the Duluth Model men’s program) (On-line through BC
Holmes)
Select one to read from these two:
English, “Fighting Back: As A Teen, Red Sox Wife Lisa Kapler Had A Secret. Now, She Hopes
That Telling Her Story Will Make Others Aware of Dating Violence” (e-reserve)
English, “ A Daughter’s Trial: Shannon Sharpe Has Channeled the Horrors of Her Father’s Abuse
and the Murder of Her Mother…” (e-reserve)
English, “A Surgery Program Helps Rebuild Lives Marred by Domestic Violence.” (e-reserve)
Wife/Girl-friend Murder—U.S. Case examples (short news readings--skim):
Daniel, “Cross-Examination Highlights Clean Hands, Bloody Gloves.” (e-reserve)
Kurtz, “Defense Dilemma: Attack the Victim or Not” (e-reserve)
Bell, “ Second Trial Convicts Rabbi of Paying for Wife’s Murder” (e-reserve)
Anon. “[Police] Chief Who Killed Wife, Self Had Disturbing Past” (e-reserve)
Cramer, “A Civil Trial Begins in Doctor’s Death” (e-reserve)
Thompson, "Muzzammil Hassan Convicted Of Beheading Wife." HuffingtonPost.com, 2/7/2011.
(e-reserve)
Bonner, "Slain Grad's Roommates Named Professor on 911 Call." The Seattle Times, Aug. 25,
2011. (e-reserve)
Flaherty, “Huguely [former U.Va. student] Is Given 23 Years in Killing,” The Washington Post,
Aug. 31, 2012. (e-reserve).
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Dowry Deaths and Pressures/Abuses of Forced Marriage
Mandelbaum, “Dowry Deaths in India” (e-reserve)
Short news readings (skim):
Anon., “Tallagadda Resident Gets 10 Years for Dowry Death” (e-reserve)
Pandey, “Dowry Deaths On The Rise In City” (e-reserve)
Gall, “For More Afghan Women, Immolation Is Escape” (e-reserve)
Walsh, “Team Rescues Women from Forced Marriages” (e-reserve)
Schedule
11/19 Video “To Have and To Hold” + discussion of it.
11/26 & 11/28 Lecture/Discussion of readings on wife/girl friend abuse & on change/action
11/30 Video “No Longer Silent” (excerpt) (re dowry deaths) ;
Discussion of video and related readings.
Plan empowerment mini papers.
Sessions 36, 37 Incest and Symbolic Incest (12/3, 12/5)
Set of articles on “More Clergy Abuse, Secrecy Cases” (e-reserve)
Ngowi, Rodrique, “Sister Catherine Mulkerrin, 73; Pressed for Warnings about Abusive Priests,”
Boston Globe, May 20, 2008, p. D12. (e-reserve)
Louis Freeh’s statement. “Remarks of Louis Freeh in Conjunction with
Announcement of Publication of Report Regarding The Pennsylvania State
University.” (e-reserve); also, http://www.thefreehreportonpsu.com/PressRelease_07-12-12.pdf
Herman, Father-Daughter Incest (2nd ed). Excerpts on e-reserve:
“Rule of the Father”
“Preventing Sexual Abuse”
Sessions 38, 39 Empowerment 12/7, 12/10
Review prevention & avoidance concepts, H & B, pp. xxxi-xxxv.
Review readings, lectures, and videos for empowerment ideas (e.g., Halpern andCheung; Toubia,
pp 43-47; Herman, chap 12; e-reserve & electronic articles.)
Fink,“Review of Protest, Policy and the Problem of Violence Against Women: A Cross-National
Comparison by S. Laurel Weldon.” (Skim -- pp 391-94) (e-reserve)
Crooks, Claire V., et al, “Engaging Men & Boys in Preventing Violence Against Women,
Abstract, p 217 Violence Against Women 13 (3) 2007. (Online through BC Holmes)
Thijm, “150 Million Women to Wield Mobile Phones as Tools for Change.” 10/22/2010.
Huffington Post. (e-reserve)
Gelmini, “Hip-hop, SMS and Facebook: The New Way of Tackling Violence Against Women in
Côte d’Ivoire.” March 27, 2012. Huffington Post UK. (Re “social marketing campaigns
promoting positive norms”). (e-reserve)
Empowerment mini papers--discussion.
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Final exam preparation and rules.
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References for recommended further readings:
Beauty Standards
Breast Implants
FDA, “Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants: Updated Safety Information.” From “For Consumers”
section of FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. June 22, 2011.
Garry, Robert F., "Scientific Literature on the Hazards of Silicone in the Body" The Herald(Glasgow),
April 9, 1997.
Kirkey, Sharon, "40% of women with Breast Implants Want Them Out: Survey" National Post (Canada)
October 29, 2003 Wednesday National Edition
Rape
Victims/Survivors
Roberto & Teaster, “Sexual Abuse of Vulnerable Young & Old Women” (Abstract) (Violence Against
Women, 2005, #4 (On-line through Holmes)
Fraternities and Sororities
Anderson Kim M., & Fran S. Danis, “Collegiate Sororities & DatingViolence,” Violence Against
Women 13 (1) 2007, pp. 87-100.
Joseph, Lauren, “Review of Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins,” pp. 567-68.
(e-reserve)
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Rape and War
Messerschmidt, “The Forgotten Victims of World War II: Masculinities and Rape in Berlin, 1945”
Violence Against Women 12 (7) July, 2006) 706-12. (On-line through BC Holmes)
Trafficking
Donna M. Hughes, Katherine Y. Chon, and Derek P. Ellerman, “Modern-Day Comfort Women: The
U.S. Military, Transnational Crime, and the Trafficking of Women,” Violence Against Women,
13 (9) 2007, pp 901-922. (Online through BC Holmes). See also the guest editor’s note
regarding this article.
Alvin Powell, “Youngest Girls Spirited to Brothels Show Highest HIV Rates,” Harvard University
Gazette Online, July 31, 2007 (e-reserve)
Christina Roache, “Trafficked: Sold into Sexual Slavery, Women and Young Girls are both Victims and
Conduits of HIV/AIDS,” Harvard Public Health Review, Fall, 2007, pp. 16-19 and p. 43.
See also Video MSNBC “Sex Slaves in America: Texas”
Pornography
Jensen, Robert. “Pornographic Lives,” Violence Against Women 1 (1) March 1995, pp. 32-54.
Aucoin, “The Pornification of American” (e-reserve)
Crary, “Battle Brews as Porn Moves into Mainstream” AP /2006 (e-reserve)
Anon., “Maker of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Videos Faces Sex, Drug Charges” (e-reserve)
Anon., “Plea Deal for Producers of ‘Girls Gone Wild’ Video,” Boston Globe, Sept 13, 2006, p A6. [From Los Angeles
Times] (e-reserve)
Wife/Girl Friend Abuse; Intimate Partner Violence
Cramer, Elizabeth P., "Variables That Predict Verdicts in Domestic Violence Cases," Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, 14 (November, 1999), 1137-50 (e-reserve)
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