The 2008 Honorary Exemplar Lecture
The world problem of rape and violence against women has many faces. In recent times, for example, rape has become a tool of war. In the late 1990s, Serbian military and paramilitary units systematically raped ethnic Albanian Muslim women in Kosovo, and in 1998 Indonesian security forces allegedly raped ethnic Chinese women during an interval of violent rioting. In the context of intimate relationships, violence against women varies across and within countries, with rates of physical abuse ranging from fourteen to sixty two percent, and rates of sexual victimization ranging from six to fifty nine percent. For some eleven to forty five percent of young girls, the first sexual experience is forced, occurring before the age of fifteen.
Prevalence, conceptualizations, definitions, and efforts to reduce such violence against women will be among the topics addressed by Dr. Jacquelyn W. White, Professor of Psychology at UNCG, in the 2008 Exemplar Lecture, The World Problem of Rape.
Dr. White has conducted research in the area of aggression and violence for more than thirty five years. She is widely published in her field, a frequent speaker at national and international conferences, past editor and consulting editor for numerous books and quarterlies, and past consultant to the United States Navy on a project which examined the impact of pre-military physical and sexual abuse on military experiences. She is the former director of Women’s and Gender Studies at UNCG, and recipient of multiple recognitions and awards, including the presidency of the Southeastern Psychological Association, the 1996 UNCG Senior Research Excellence Award, and, most recently, the Society for the Psychology of Women 2007 Carolyn Wood Sherif National Award.
The World Problem of Rape Dr. Jacquelyn W. White Thursday, January 24
5 pm,
Sponsored by Phi Sigma Tau International Honor Society in Philosophy in conjunction with the Department of Philosophy
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