ASU Sexual Violence Across Time and Place Discussion

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The goal of this discussion is to get students to think about consent and cultural norms that creates or does not create the social construction of consent. This discussion requires students to use their curation skills. Find an example of sexual violence (institutionalized rape, forced marriage, bride kidnapping, honor killings, bride burning, only males being allowed to divorce, ritualized devotion of a deity that requires sexual servitude, institutionalized sexual exploitation of children through prostitution or other means, genital mutilation, or so on) and detail how the culture supports this practice. You already see this in our examination of rape in India. So, focus on the social and cultural factors in your analysis and write up. This could be through patriarchy supported in the economy, political system, or religious system