The Heroic Rapist in Context: Rape Culture Examined Through Western Classics

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
Nicole Ross ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rape Culture

Rape culture

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Daly ◽  
Emily Culpepper
Keyword(s):  
Rape Culture

Religion, Gender Norms and Campus Rape Culture: Building Resistance from Below

Politeia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Selina Palm
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Rape Culture ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Religious Formation ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
South African Higher Education

In recent years, protests against campus rape culture at South African higher education institutions have attracted public attention. Despite strong constitutional provisions, a culture of sexual and gendered violence remains endemic in South Africa. In the light of the gap between legal forms and social norms, this article argues for building socio-political resistance from below that starts with exploring the lived experiences of young women. It therefore introduces the voice of one ordinary student who inhabits these spaces. She highlights the need for attention to be paid to the gendered social norms that underpin this culture of sexual violence, the possibilities of engaging men as allies and the important but ambiguous role of the Christian religion. Research suggests that bystanders like her can become important agents of change. The article concludes that the connections between hierarchical gender norms, religious formation and rape culture need further empirical engagement in South Africa if their power-laden roots are to be disrupted and reimagined.

Teaching the Bible and Popular Media as Part of Contemporary Rape Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 423-439
Author(s):  
Beatrice J. W. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Rape Culture ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Cultural Myths ◽  
Biblical Texts

This essay explores pedagogical strategies for addressing rape culture in biblical studies courses, employing Genesis 34 and Judges 19–21 as primary texts. The first section discusses the nature of popular culture and its impact on gender. The following four sections highlight cultural myths about sexual assault by focusing on significant biblical texts and incorporating aspects of popular media to facilitate conversations about rape culture. The conclusion summarizes the main points and encourage further studies that combine the study of popular media and biblical texts. Overall, the essay contributes to the reading and teaching of the Bible within contemporary rape culture so that students become critical interpreters of biblical texts, as they become resistant readers of past and present rape culture.

Representing rape culture on teen television

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Emily D. Ryalls
Keyword(s):  
Rape Culture

“Speak with Girls, Not for Them”

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Alexe Bernier ◽  
Sarah Winstanley
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Rape Culture ◽  
The Impact

Reflecting on our work with girls, we discuss what we have learned about how they experience rape culture and engage in activism to confront it. We explore how rape culture manifests in the lives of adolescent girls who are between 10 and 15 years of age in Calgary, Canada. We then demonstrate how groups of girls have moved from awareness to collective action meant to challenge rape culture and consider the impact that this action has had on them. Our aim is to show how popular education and feminist methodologies are effective in supporting girls’ activism on issues like rape culture so that others working in community with girls may gain new tools that might aid their work.

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