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PSC/GFP Brown Bag: Leanna Papp

Sexualized aggression: An analysis of everyday violence against women
Thursday, February 2, 2023
12:00-1:20 PM
4464 East Hall Map
Popular measures of sexual assault often ask about non-consensual contact that results from aggressive tactics (e.g., force, coercion). I developed the term sexualized aggression to refer to assaults and aggression that occur separately, such as groping a person without warning or attempting to manipulate them. During this talk, I present two chapters from my dissertation, for which I conducted a mixed methods, longitudinal study of sexualized aggression in undergraduate women's (N = 456) social drinking spaces. The first study examined participants’ developing explanations for sexualized aggression. The second study explored the downstream effects of participants’ attitudes about and experiences of sexualized aggression on their personal and global beliefs about gender, sex, and violence. Based on my research, I argue that sexual violence prevention programming would be enhanced through analysis of “gray area” examples of violence, power dynamics, and traditional gender roles. In line with these recommendations, I briefly consider the transformative potential of the feminist longitudinal method itself. I conclude with a review of the limitations of my dissertation research and how they have informed my future research program on sexualized aggression.
Building: East Hall
Event Type: Presentation
Source: Happening @ Michigan from Department of Psychology, Gender and Feminist Psychology, Personality and Social Contexts