Can television promote a more progressive definition of rape and help delegitimize it?: Rape in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Thesis advisor: Lynda Lytle Holmstrom === Rape is a socially constructed behavior used in patriarchal societies to devalue women and ensure male supremacy. Being socially constructed means that the definition of rape can change. This thesis addresses the question of whether an established institutio...
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Boston College
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106783 |