The document discusses the victimization of women through a system of "sexual terrorism" perpetuated by a male-dominated power structure. It describes the ideology, propaganda, amorality, and voluntary compliance that comprise this system and encourage violence against women. The pathology of the perpetrator includes adherence to masculine ideologies and a need for power, as well as often having a history of witnessing or experiencing abuse. Forms of sexual terrorism mentioned include wife battering, child sexual abuse, rape, and using pornography to further propagate the ideology.

1. Victimization of Women
A. Scope of the Problem

2. A Culture of Victimization
• Sexual victimization occurs in a social context in
which there exist a male dominated power
structure.
• Violent tactics are used against women in order to
frighten them into submission. The ultimate goal
is domination and control.
• Sexual terrorism is one form of victimizing
women and is defined as a system by which males
frighten, thereby controlling and dominating,
females.

3. Components of “Sexual Terrorism:”
• Ideology
– The ideology of sexual terrorism is patriarch or rule by
the father.
• Propaganda
– This ideology is disseminated in all expressions of
popular culture such as films, television, music,
literature, advertising and pornography.
– It would be a way of persuading people to perform such
act of violence
– Worse form of propaganda towards women is
pornography

4. Components of “Sexual Terrorism:”
• Amorality
– The perpetrator believes that such expressions
of violence against women are normal.
• Voluntary Compliance
– An elaborate system of sex-role socialization
practices that instruct women to be passive
victims.
• society's perception of the terrorist and the
terrorized

5. Pathology of the Perpetrator
• Masculine ideologies and need for power.
– Meta-analysis (Murnen et al., 2002).
• History of abuse or witnessing of abuse
– (e.g., Christopher, Lutz-Zois, & Reinhardt,
2007; Daigneault, Hebert, & McDuff, 2009;
Walker, 2000).

6. • If you could be assured that no one would
know and that you could in no way be
punished for engaging in the following act,
would you
1. Rape a woman?
2. Force a woman to do something sexually that she
really didn’t want to do?

7. Forms of Sexual Terrorism
• Wife battering
• Child sexual abuse
• Rape
• Child sexual abuse

8. Characteristics of sexual
terrorism
• Violence against female cuts across
socioeconomic lines
• Crimes of sexual violence are the least likely to be
reported
• Crimes of violence against females have the
lowest conviction rates
• Blaming the victim of sexual violence is pervasive
• Sexual violence is not taken seriously