Wednesday, September 30. 2020

Today's classes are: 

9:15 - 11:50 A Block Criminology

12:30 - 3:05  D Block Social and Environmental Sciences

A Block Criminology - Today we'll continue our focus on violent crime looking at rape and sexual assault in Canada. We'll examine what a sexual assault is along with the three levels of sexual assault in Canadian Law. After I'd like you to focus on a question about Groth's typology of rapist. Nicholas Groth created a typology based upon the degree of aggression, the underlying motivation of the offender and the existence of other antisocial behaviors, which resulted in four types of rapists.

So, my question is, using the Crim text and this Sex Offender Typology website...

1. Explain the three types of rapist according to Groth (anger-retaliation; power reassurance and assertive; and sadistic)

After, I need you to answer the question:

Identify and explain the causes for sexual assault

You'll need to look at evolutionary and biological factors (remember Sigmund Freud's Thantos and Eros or instinctual drives that allowed species to be successful)? Look at modern male socialization (boys are taught to be aggressive, forceful, tough, and dominating...think about how boys play when they're young) and then at hypermasculinity (where some men have callous sexual attitudes and believe that violence is "manly"). Lastly consider both violent experiences (remember that those boys who were exposed to violence in the household are more likely to commit violent acts when they grow older) and sexual motivation (social, cultural, and psychological forces...think about the messages hidden in Axe body spray commercials). What message does this commercial send to people...

Now consider what the commercial indicates about sex in modern society. Who is the commercial targeted at and what are the sexual roles in the commercial.

And if you're still struggling with consent...

For more info check out the following site:
Why Do Men Sexually Assault Women? Sexual violence against women manifests, rather than violates, society’s norms

D Block Social and Environmental Sciences - You start with Benton today, you'll do some awesome sciency things, maybe he'll reveal the mysteries of the universe with you (the answer is 42). 

This week with Young we are going to look at water use, consumption and competing stakeholders. We'll do this through the Standing Rock Sioux and the Dakota Access pipeline. I'll ask you to weigh the potential drawbacks and advantages of the pipeline project for all involved, then challenge you to develop a reasonable and just solution to the standoff.





So today we'll take a brief overview look at the history of the Dakota Access Pipeline and then I'll have you fill in this chart in the learning commons / library:

After you have time to work on your "Water for All" posters that you started last week and will also have time to finish the week two questions about clean fresh (potable) water ethics.

CNN Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake?
MSNBC Geography of Poverty: No Man's Land: The Last Tribes of the Plains
KQED Understanding the Standoff at Standing Rock
Energy Transfer Dakota Access Pipeline Facts
Indigenous Environmental Network Stand with Standing Rock