Bite-Sized

BiteSize Examining the Links Between Pornography & Sexual Violence


Description
Need a quick refresher? Looking to expand your knowledge and understanding at a pace that gives you a healthy work-life balance?
Join VictimFocus Academy for this bite-sized course on examining the links between pornography and sexual violence.

We will:

-Examine the extreme sexualisation of women & girls in mainstream media

-Define the term "porn culture" and see how this can be applied to children, teenagers and adults

-Look at examples of "pornified" mainstream media

-Understand the harms of pornography

-Examine the normalisation of sexual violence and how this impacts our understanding of domestic violence

-Look at real life examples of individual women

-Look at real life examples in mainstream media

-Think about ways we can make a change for the better

Each section of the course should take about 10-15 minutes to complete, with knowledge checkpoints throughout.

Join us for this quick, interesting introduction to the topic, with an opportunity to learn more in our more in-depth course, The Impact of Pornography and Mass Media on Sexual and Domestic Violence, giving you a further 15-20 hours of learning.

Content
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  • Extreme Sexualisation of Women & Girls in Mainstream Media 10-15 mins
  • What is pornography? What is mass media?
  • The influence of mass media
  • Mass Media Sexualising Women
  • Sexualisation, Pornification and Objectification
  • Think About It - Share an example
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • What is "porn culture"? 10-15 mins
  • Dr Gail Dines - What is Pornography?
  • "Mainstream porn is hardcore porn" - Gail Dines
  • Porn Culture and Victim Blaming
  • Porn Culture Quiz
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • "Pornified" mainstream media 10-15 mins
  • Examining Pornified Mainstream Media
  • Media and Porn Culture
  • How TikTok Teens Are Ending Up on Pornhub
  • Think About It - Do you think mainstream media has been "pornified"?
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • harms of pornography 10-15 mins
  • Dr. Gail Dines describes the impact of hypersexualized culture on young women
  • Dr Gail Dines speaks about the "choices" young women have in our culture
  • Dr Wendy Murphy explains how sexual violence has become normalised
  • Dr Wendy Murphy explains how porn impacts sentencing in court cases
  • Dr Murphy & Dr Katz explain how desensitisation to porn impacts young people
  • Pulling the strands together
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • Normalising Sexual & Domestic Violence 10-15 mins
  • Normalising Sexual Violence
  • Normalising Domestic Violence
  • 5 things you can do to support your wife or girlfriend in a sexist world
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • Real Life Examples 10-15 mins
  • Listen to the article: The fatal, hateful rise of choking during sex
  • Read the article: The fatal, hateful rise of choking during sex
  • Individual Women's Stories
  • Examples of 'pornified' advertising
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • Making a Change for the better 10-15 mins
  • Think About It - What can we do?
  • Sex Stereotypes - Role Reversal
  • Sex Stereotypes - What's a woman good for?
  • Think About It - Schools
  • Think About It - Love
  • Think About It - Media
  • Think About It - Social Norms
  • Think About It - Empathy
  • Take a Break if Needed
  • further reading - in your own time
  • Our stories - We Can't Consent To This
  • Report - Child Sexual Exploitation Practice: Innovation and Moving Forward
  • Report - Portrayals and Prevention Campaigns: Sexual Violence in the Media
  • taster - Impact of Pornography and Mass Media on Sexual and Domestic Violence
  • Module 3: Coping with the Trauma 1
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Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever