RAPE EDUCATION VIDEOS - PRESENTING MEAN WOMEN INSTEAD OF DANGEROUS MEN

This paper examines two ways to use visual images while teaching about sexual violence. We first present and critique the conventional appro ach, which employs images of men doing violence to women, We then disc uss our approach, which employs images of women confronting and violen tly attacking men, We discuss our success in using these images in our rape prevention lectures over the past three years. Our analysis of s tudents' reactions to the presentations reveals that showing images of aggressive women radically destabilizes men's sense of physical power over women.