PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION

Course Schedule: Winter 2011

Last updated 1/4/11

Please note that the following schedule is tentative and subject to change. All changes will be announced in class. An updated schedule will always be available on the web site.

Wed Jan 5: Course Introduction
Readings: None

Fri Jan 7: Course Overview
FILM: Rape Is [2002; VT8314; 34 minutes]
Provides an overview of topics related to rape and sexual aggression, including stranger rape, acquaintance rape, victim blaming, revictimization, motives of rapists, prostitution, trafficking, effects of rape, rape in prison and during wartime.
Readings: Stoler (2002), Warshaw (1988; Intro, Ch 1, 2)

Mon Jan 10: Social Construction of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sexuality
FILM: First half of Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity [1999; VT6613; 80 minutes]
Required readings: Morgan (1975), Murnen, Wright, & Kaluzny (2002)

Wed Jan 12: Social Construction of Masculinity, Femininity, and Sexuality
FILM: Second half of Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity [1999; VT6613; 80 minutes]
Required readings: None

Fri Jan 14: Cultural and Sub-Cultural Forces
Required readings: Sandy (1981), Sanday (1996)