SOC-S320 1nd Edition Lecture 11 Outline of Last Lecture I. ADHD overviewII. Sexual Assault on College CampusesOutline of Current Lecture III. Sexual Assault cont. IV. EdgeworkCurrent LectureThe production of Fun and Sexual Assault in interactionGirls are continually fed drinks of alcohol. “I’ve driven women home who cant remember much of an evening yet sex did occur” No confirmation that consent did occur. Student responses: the most common way that student’s account for the harm that befalls women in the party scene is by blaming the victims. Leads victims to blame themselves. - Only stupid, immature women get assaulted. Scully and Marolla Reading- Rape is assumed to be a psycho-pathologic problem and individual rapists are assumed to be sick. We view rape as a behavior learned socially through interaction with others. Culturally derived vocabularies of motive. Justifying Rape1. Women as Seductress – she’s asking for it 2. Women mean “yes” when they say “no”a. Victim didn’t resist enough so she actually meant yes3. Most women eventually relax and enjoy it4. Nice girls don’t get rapeda. Blaming the victim, victims reputation is brought in to the discussion, even court, to substantiate the perpetrators claims. 5. Only a minor wrongdoing These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Convince them to plea to a lesser charge, hardly the equivalent of rapeEdgework and Exotic dancing overview- Edgework: behavior in the form of experiential anarchy in which an individual moved beyond the realm of established social patterns to the very fringes of ordered reality. - Edge: boundary line considered by the edge worker that can be defined in many different ways –life vs. death, consciousness vs. unconsciousness, sanity vs. insanity, order vs. chaos. 3 Central features1. Activities: involve a clearly observable threat too ones physical or mental well being or ones sense of an ordered existencea. Experience is one in which failure results in death or serious injuryi. Skydiving, motorcycle racing 2. Skills: people aren’t abandoning control, responsibility. They believe they have full control of the situation, if you don’t have the skills it would be irresponsible to participate. Physical and mental/cognitive skills. Often believed to be an innate ability – people respond automatically without thinking. 3. Sensations experience produces a sense of self-realization, self actualization of self determination, a pure magnified sense of selfa. Emotions often occur in sequence starting with fear and ending up as exhilaration and omnipotence. Alterations in perceptions and consciousness. Hyper realityb. Adrenaline rush after jumping out of a planeRajah – Edgework as resistance in violent intimate relationships of drug involved women - Resistance of patriarchal control - Resistance: nonconformist behavior that questions the legitimacy of a prevailing social ordero Element in any relationship of dominance o Often done covertly to avoid open conflict- Risk thresholds and the rewards of resistance: fighting back can be very rewarding for women who are in these restrictive relationships. Not just a thrill but also a sense of personal control and taking back agency for themselves. Control vs. Being controlled. - Prep for edgework: The variable risk are very different but there were some common factorso Early training – by watching others, parents, at a young age engage in abusive relationships then you will pick up on strategies that they used to either abuse orresist abuse.o Long term history of drug involvement – being able to see signs, if you know that they get angry when they get drunk you can see the signs and leave the situation.o Conclusion: edgework is a mode of resistance. A way to have a sense of agency while still remaining in the controlling, oppressive relationships.  Fantasize about poisoning partner Went to hang out with drug dealer (who violent partner was afraid of so there was no