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MELINDA DORCASFOONG ZI MEI

SHARMILA DEVIVINIY VINMALAR

YOHGALAACHOI JUN YI

WHAT IS RAPE?

Sex without your consent is rape

If you are under 16 years of age, sex with or without your consent is statutory rape

Noor Suzaily Mukhtar Case (2000)

Canny Ong rape and murder (2003)

WHY DO THEY DO IT?Power Rapist

- Goal to humiliate

- No physical harm only

verbal

- To get self-confidence,

show his manliness

Anger Rapist

- Goal to torture

- Physically harms the victim

- To express rage and hatred

towards women

- To hurt women who have hurt

him

Eg. Recent Delhi gang rape case

TYPES OF RAPE• Gang rape: By more than 1 rapist

• Date rape: Happens after a date

• War rape: Carried out by soldiers

• Spousal rape: By husband

• Statutory rape: Victim below the age of 16

• Prison rape: Happens in prison

DEVIANCE IN RAPE• Rape is a behaviour that violates the standards

of conduct and expectations of society

• Rapist are considering enemies of society

• They are rejected and treated as outlaws in society

CONCLUSION

• Rape is best viewed by functionalist perspective

STATISTICS

WHO DOES IT INVOLVE?

- Women in general regardless of age and race- In Malaysia the trend is older men choosing

younger girls, below the age of 16

Many offenders are aged between 45 and 55. Ironically, 82% of respondents over the age of 50 raped girls aged 16 and below. The trend continues today with rape victims becoming increasingly younger.

SHOULD WE CARE?

A high percentage of rapist are acquaintances, ‘friends’ and relatives

For every rape case that is reported, nine go unreported

 

Approximately 69.4% of rapes occurred in "safe" places (houses,

schools etc.)

Serial rapist (2005)

3 MAJOR PERSPECTIVES

Rape

View by using THREE PERSPECTIVES

Three Perspectives On Rape

• Funtionalist Perspective

• Conflict Perspective

• Feminist Perspective

• Interactionist Perspective

Functionalist Perspectives

• emphasizes the way in which the parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability

Manifest FunctionManifest Function

DysfunctionDysfunctionLatent FunctionLatent

Function

Manifest Function

• Open, stated, and conscious functions

• Keep people aware

• Remind us not to walk alone and at remote areaExamples: Car park, back street and etc.

• Provided job opportunityExamples: Police officer, doctor, nurse, judge, psychologists, martial arts coach and etc.

• Law being construct in country

Latent Function

• Known as the hidden function in as it reflects hidden purposes

• Increases the sales on defensive itemsExamples: Pepper spray, alarm and etc.

• Provided opportunity to learn martial artsExamples: Wushu, Taekwondo, Karate, Judo

and etc.

Dysfunction

• Refers to an element or process of a society that may actually disrupt the social system or its stability

• Bring psychological effects to the victim

• Emotional and psychological effectsExamples: Depression, flashbacks of memory,

borderline personality disorder, sleep disorder, eat disorder and etc.

Dysfunction

Physical Effects

Sexually diseases transmitted

Pregnant

HIV

Conflict Perspectives

• Best understood in terms of tension between groups over power or the allocation of resources

Conflict between

Rapist and Society Rapist and

Rapist

Conflict Perspectives

• Rapist and societyRapist: Fulfill own desireSociety: Rapist are deviance

• Rapist and rapistcompare who's the strongest and more powerful

Feminist View

• Sees inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization

• Mostly female

• Desire to rape woman sometimes resulting in death

Interactionist Perspectives

• Generalizes about everyday forms of social interaction in order to explain society as a whole

Interaction

Rapist andVictim

Victim and Rapist

Victim and PoliceVictim and Family and

Friends

Interactionist Perspectives

• Rapist and victimExample: Try to get a chance to rape a woman

• Victim and rapistExample: Beg the rapist

• Victim and policeExample: Make report

• Victim and family and friendsExample: Communicate

Nurul Huda Abdul Ghani (2004)

HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF

SAFE?

Have pepper spray or chilli

powder with you at all times

Be careful when leaving your

house, getting into the car when

alone

Always trust your gut instinct

Be aware of your surroundings at

all times

Stay safe at parties and clubs

HOW DOES RAPE AFFECT ITS VICTIMS?• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – feelings of severe anxiety

and stress

• Depression

• Flashbacks – memories of rape as if it is taking place again

• Sleep disorders

• Eating disorders

• Guilt – Blame themselves for what happened

• Distrust of others – uneasy in everyday social situations

• Anger

• Feelings of personal powerlessness – victims feel the rapist robbed

them of control over their bodies

Myth #1: Most rapists are strangers to provoke

Fact: Most rapists are actually people known by the victim (as shown in the statistics previously)

Myth #2: Women provoke by dressing provocatively

Fact: Women who dress decently (Eg. In long skirt, baju kurung) have also been raped

(As seen in Noor Suzaily Mukthar’s case)

Myth #3: Women cannot be raped by their husbands

Fact: It is considered as rape when a husband threatens, forces or demands unacceptable sexual acts and uses violence

MYTHS ABOUT RAPE

STEREOTYPE AND PREJUDICEIN SOCIETY

Corrective Rape

Use of rape against people who violate social norms and gender roles

Eg. Lesbian women and gay men

ThailandEcuador

South Africa Zimbabwe

• MEN AS VICTIMS OF RAPE• Victims of rape include men in a large number

and not only women as commonly believed

• Unfortunately, many of these cases go

unreported due to shame and the lack of

acceptance by society

• The video below is a rare case were a son was raped

by his very own mother

FIGHT AGAINST RAPE !

PREVENT IT!

AND DON’T DO IT!