Intimate Partner Violence

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

In this class we will adopt an intersectional approach to understanding forms of violence and the contexts in which they occur. Guiding this course will be the idea of power relations—around gender, race/ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender presentation, and nationality. We will ask how these social inequalities shape the experience of violence, consider how we respond to victims of this violence, and reflect upon what future responses might look like. We will also explore some of the different forms that violence in intimate settings can take. As we progress through the course, we will consider the impact of sexual violence on campus and beyond, masculinity, sexual consent, and intimate partner violence in relation to race and class, as well as considering the experiences of LGBTQ+ victims/survivors.