Cuklanz and Moorti: "This ecumenical presentation of sexual assault criminals echoes the feminist slogan that rape is not sex but is the assertion of power" (310).
GP: I found this theory very interesting and also very true. Over the years rape has always been portrayed as a violation of one's body, however in reality it has nothing to do with sex. Rape and sexual violence is all about power over another individual. A person wants to gain control or power and as a result they can violate a person sexually to make the victim completely vulnerable and thus the rapist can have total power over them. The motivation in sexual crimes has always been to gain power. This is incredibly true and could be a reason why victims feel so powerless afterwards and are often scared to report the crime or seek help.
Cuklanz and Moorti: "We find that Law and Order: SVU's representation of violent women present in female power in the domestic sphere as not only dangerous, but as a cause of crime in general" (311).
GP: As I stated before, rape and sexual violence is all about power and the only place where many women have power is in the domestic sphere. Violent crimes where the women is the criminal often take place in the home. However, when depicted in television this can be a major problem and could cause the audience to develop a stereotype against women. This stereotype being that it is dangerous for a women to have too much power in the home because she can use that power and manipulate it to become violent towards her family, even her children, in the home. This danger of a woman having too much power in the home was referred to in the article as the "monstrous maternal."
Cuklanz, Lisa M. and Moorti, Sujata. (2006). Television's "New" Feminism: Prime-Time Representations of Women and Victimization. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 23:4, 302-321.
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