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Gender and Violence
Discusses the concept of "rapable."
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| 2,250 words
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| MLA
| 2008
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This paper discusses the controversial concept of "rapable", which according to the paper is a complex social designation which, although generally applicable to the social construction of feminine identity in western society, also has been linked to racial referents. Accordingly, the paper defines the concept with particular reference to the experience of Black women under slavery in the United States.
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"The concept of "rapable" is a complex social designation which, although generally applicable to the social construction of feminine identity in western society, also has been linked to racial referents. Accordingly, this essay will define the concept with particular reference to the experience of Black women under slavery in the United States. In the words of feminist scholar Catherine MacKinnon: "To be rapable, a position that is social not biological, defines what a woman is" (Savelson). From this perspective, for someone to be labelled "rapable" designates that individual in a subordinated power position in our..."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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"Gender and Violence" 01 December 2008.
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