class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # SOC 2220 Discussion Section ## Week 11 ### Xuewen Yan ### 2020-11-13 --- # Announcements - Quiz 8 this week starting at 3 pm Friday until 6:30 pm Sunday + Assigned parts of the book for this week - No classes on Week 12 & Week 13 + Event Write-Ups + 4th Reflection Paper by 11/29 (No extension allowed; -10 for late assignments) # Today's topic: sexual assault - No expectation of sharing your personal stories unless you're comfortable + TAs are mandated reporters of sexual assault incidences - Resources on campus: see Lecture slides --- # Activity 1: Mythical Conceptions of Sexual Assault Watch “LGBTQueering the Narrative of Sexual Violence” (~3:45) presented by Paige Leigh Baker-Braxton at TedxChicago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHGmU4ITXdo&t=597s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHGmU4ITXdo&t=597s) Questions: 1. How are sexual assault and sexual violence depicted in the media? Who are the dominant victims of sexual assault depicted in the media? 2. Thinking about Cottom (2019) and the TedTalk we watched, which group of people in our society are often neglected when the media depict sexual assault cases? 3. What are the factors that make these groups vulnerable to sexual assault? 4. What would be the consequences of leaving these groups neglected? 5. What should be and can be done to support the victims of sexual assault/sexual violence? --- # Activity 2: Sexual Assault on Campus Read the optional reading, 2019 Cornell Survey of Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct: Overview of Survey Results Explore [https://www.rainn.org/statistics/campus-sexual-violence](https://www.rainn.org/statistics/campus-sexual-violence) Questions: 1. Thinking about the survey’s response rate and the result, what are the differences and similarities between the survey result and what you experienced here at Cornell? 2. Going back to the concepts introduced by Hirsch and Kahn (2020) – sexual projects, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies – what are the factors in Cornell that can exacerbate/reduce the occurrence of sexual assault? 4. How do you imagine the survey result to differ if Cornell conducted one again this year? How would have COVID19 affected sexual assault on campus? Why? ' 5. What can be done to prevent sexual assault and related misconduct on campus?