A Feminist Catholic Response to the Social Sin of Rape Culture

Bibliographic Data

ID14760429
AuthorsMegan K McCabe (corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume46
Issue4
Pages635-657
Publication date2018-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jore.12239
OpenAlexW2903541617
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

Despite pervasive sexual violence against women, especially the extensive problem of rape on college campuses, there is virtually no Catholic response. This paper seeks to fill this lacunae by examining campus rape culture as an instance of social sin. Within this sinful social reality, rape is not deviant, but is the extreme manifestation of gender norms and expectations that construct femininity as sexual availability and masculinity as sexual aggression and dominance. Participation in the sin of rape culture may range from actions of student and administrative bystanders to the everyday and mundane way that individuals live their gendered and sexual selves. In response, I offer three theological resources for moving toward transformation of rape culture into one that fosters the full human flourishing of all: interruption, conscience, and solidarity

Aggression · Criminology · Dominance (genetics · Femininity · Flourishing · Masculinity · Political science · Sexual violence · Sociology · Solidarity · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Social Psychology

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