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Critical Media Literacy Approaches to Violence Prevention: A Research Note
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Moorhouse, Emily; Brooks, Hayley – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2020
Sexual violence is a global phenomenon needing sustainable interventions. The article extends findings from media literacy scholars by exploring ways that critical media literacy (CML) pedagogies can be used to teach affirmative consent education for the purposes of violence prevention. The article is not a curriculum blue-print, as the pedagogies…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Violence, Prevention, Best Practices
A Meaningful Meaninglessness: Canadian University Culture as Gendered and Class-Based Privilege
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Horsman, Melissa Rae; Cormack, Patricia – Gender and Education, 2018
Recent Canadian university student misbehaviour (rape chants, harassment, sexual assault, and anti-social media posts) has garnered much attention in the media and from university administrations. Most research concerned to address these issues focuses on sexual attitudes, gender, and party culture. In this study, we analyse student interviews…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Alienation, Rape
The Role of Male Sexual Arousal in Rape: Six Models.
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Barbaree, Howard E.; Marshall, William L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Examines men's sexual arousal to rape cues and its possible role in sexual assault. Presents six different models to account for men's sexual arousal to descriptions of rape. Divides models into response control models and stimulus control models. Suggests that different models may be operating in different men when they commit sexual assault.…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Foreign Countries, Males, Models
Male Responses to Female Aggression.
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Russell, Gordon W.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1988
Randomly assigned 60 male undergraduates to view film clip of professional lady wrestlers or of mud wrestling, or to no-film control. Both films produced negative changes in mood states, principally increase in aggression and decrease in social affection. Viewing films did not produce changes in men's acceptance of interpersonal violence against…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Asian and Non-Asian Attitudes toward Rape, Sexual Harassment, and Sexuality.
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Kennedy, M. Alexis; Gorzalka, Boris B. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 2002
Explored potential differences between Asian and non-Asian Canadian university students regarding their attitudes toward coercive and noncoercive sexual behavior. Student surveys indicated that Asian students' attitudes were significantly more conservative. Asian students were more tolerant of rape myths and sexual harassment. They demonstrated…
Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Sexual Assault and Stranger Aggression on a Canadian University Campus.
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DeKeseredy, Walter S.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1993
Studies sexual assault and stranger aggression experienced by 259 Canadian female undergraduates at an Ontario university. Results indicate that the rate of sexual assault is at least as high as in the United States and that stranger aggression has been experienced by the overwhelming majority (84.1%). (SLD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education