| dc.description.abstract | Is it possible to assume that “rape” has one specific determination? Is it possible
to find different definitions of rape around the world? If women are most frequently
victims of rape, is it about being women? Is there a relationship between gender
asymmetry and rape in society? Can culture, ethnicity, race, class or gender make a
difference while determining the crime? Is it only a crime? Can the perception of such a
crime make difference depending on where you stand? How do women perceive this
violence?
Rape is a fact of everyday life. It is not an isolated phenomenon. This paper
examines three different feminist perspectives. Black feminism and privileged feminists
in the U.S, and Turkish feminism are studied in order to find out if the perception of
rape can differ. This paper reveals the fact that determination of rape changes
depending on where the determiner stands, how the determiner perceives society, how
the determiner defines woman. The social explanation of rape can be different
depending on the woman’s experience. In the determination of the rape, feminists’
class, race, ethnicity, nationality are factors while in explaining the issue | en_US |
