Rape culture

United States, 1983

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This film explores those elements in our society which contribute to the ideology that supports rape. It attempts to expand our society’s narrow and sexist concept of rape and establishes the connections between violence and “normal” patterns of male-female behaviour. Includes the opinions of convicted rapists, rape crisis centre workers, and others associated with the problem.

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Credits

co-director

Margaret Margaret Lazarus

Renner Wunderlich

production company

Cambridge Documentary Films

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323734

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Rape

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Sex crimes

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Women - Crimes against

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture conflict

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Violence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women's rights

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Sex crimes

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Violence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women's rights

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rape - Prevention

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Sex (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Violence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women

History → Women's rights

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q7293880

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