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- What is our American legal tradition?
- the body (male) is sacred and inviolate
- in the US, ___ of pregnancies end in abortion.
- 1/3
- the only modern (20th century) method in birth control is..
- the rhythm method
- what is coitus interruptus?
- pull-out method
- what is the rhythm method?
- trying to get pregnant by keeping track of menstrual cycle
- infanticide
- abandoning the baby after its born
- what is the quickening?
- the first moment when the mother feels fetal movement (usually 4-5th month)
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history of abortions
1880s-1960s
1960s-73
post 1973 -
1880s: abortion illegal
1960-73 movement to restore
1973- roe v wade - who's Margaret Sanger?
- New Woman; tried to reestablish birth control; helped immigrant women
- What's JANE?
- in chicago, get the phone number and ask fro "Jane" which meant abortion.
- rules of Roe v Wade
-
1st tri: state may make NO laws
2nd: state may regulate for health and safety of mother
3rd: state may outlaw if chooses except if rape or health of mom - Whats the National Right to Life committee?
- a non-violent catholic organization
- Whats the Pro-life action network?
- supports the use of violence but dont engage in it
- What's Operation rescue?
- believes all birth control and abortions should be outlawed and should restore biblical law
- who partakes in the clinic blockade and stalks doctors and clients?
- Operation Rescue
- violence against women is a form of
- social control
- ___% of societies are rape free
- 47
- __% societies are rape prone
- 18
- ___% are rape-rare
- 35
- ___% of college women experience some form of sexual victimization
- 54
- ____% of women will be battered
- 25-50
- time of greatest danger of battered women
- when trying to leave
- effects of violence against women
-
post traumatic stress,
severe depression
contemplate suicide
12% attempt suicide - __ of girls are sexually abused
- 1/3 - 2/3
- __ of boys are sexually abused
- 1/5
- ___% of rapists are known to the victim
- 75
- almost ______ women are raped annually
- 700,000
- ____% of women will be sexually assaulted sometime in their lives
- 25-50%
- conviction rates for rape
-
80-90% go unreported
2-5% of reports get a conviction - reasons for a gang rape
-
dont want people to think their gay
male bonding
initiation ritual - what is femicide?
- murder of a woman for a gendered reason
- motives for femicide
-
jealousy/divorce
serial/mass murder
honor kililngs
you suspect a family member has been dishonored - femicide -->
- suicide
- rape became a
- war crime
- examples of war rape:
-
Japan (rape of Manking)
Germans invaded Russia
Russia invaded Berlin
US in Vietnam - what is the institutional matrix of inequality?
- our social institution is promoting inequality; not equality
- what is the earnings gap in the US?
- .77/$1
- wage gap in 1890?
- .46/$1
- definition of sexual harassment
- a form of sex discrimination
- types of sexual harassment
-
1) Quid Pro Quo (by the bosS)
2) Hostile environment (by coworkers) - Title VII
- forbids discrimination on the basis of gender or race (protects you from sexual harassment)
- any complaint must be filed with the
- EEOC - equal employment opportunity commission
- what's the second shift?
- women have two shifts: work and childcare... it is part of the matrix of inequality
- "intensive mothering"
- when women get paid, could split the childcare, but have not. (part of matrix of inequality)
- feminization of poverty
- ranks of poor are primarily women and their children (part of matrix of inequality)
- women do ____ of all work, and earn less than ___% of all wages and own less than ___% of all wealth
- 2/3, 10, 1
- feminism
- a social movement dedicated to ending oppression of women and all other groups of people
- Handmaid's tale was
- rape rare
- contraception
- any attempt to prevent pregnancy and control your own fertility
- abortion
- intentional termination of a pregnancy
- ________ were used in ancient world to prevent pregnancy
- vaginal suppositories
- __% of women have had abortions
- 40
- what are the comstock laws?
- federal laws to make it a felony in distributing birth control to males
- Planned Parenthood in 19__'s
- 40
- Abortion rights movement in 19__'s
- 60
- Roe v Wade in ____.
- 1973
- human life amendment
- saying a fetus is a human life at conception
- "rape and pillage"
- soldiers rape women and take their money
- motivation for suicide
- mysogyny
- mysogyny
- hatred of women
- to be sexual harrassment:
-
1) unwelcome
2) negative job consequence
3) consent is irrelevant