McBride, Meaghan Emily

In this paper, I seek to examine this darkness, this messiness and confusion, and to uncover how far it stretches: how much it reveals and how much it hides. I understand that this is a complex project, and I understand that I...

Richards, Alana Fields

When one thinks of violence, one tends to assume that the perpetrator and the victim of the violence are two separate individuals. But what happens when we discuss violence committed against the self? How can we work to...

Spector, Emma Dietrich

The #MeToo movement began in 2006 through the activism of Tarana Burke (MeToo 2018) and gained prominence in October 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano used the hashtag to encourage survivors of sexual violence to “share their...

Tyberg, Sara Aubrey

Why are school shooters almost exclusively young, white men who frequently reveal contempt for women when committing their deadly crimes? I propose that the social construction of hegemonic masculinity informs perpetrators’...

Gistaro, Courtney Marie

Gendered performances of self at Dickinson College construct masculinity hierarchies within and among social groups. Masculinity hierarchies are perpetuated by perceived expectations set by those in fraternities, as well as men...

St. Julien, Michele

Systemic sexual violence against African American women has had pervasive, continuous effects on their bodies, identities, and notions of sexuality. It remains significant to examine the institutionalized rape of Black female...

Baker, Maia Helbok

For centuries, “women’s space” in Western culture signified the kitchens, parlors, bedrooms, nunneries, and other feminized spaces where women were expected to work and live. The doctrine of “separate spheres” codified this...

Terzian, Polly Warner

The Ni Una Menos (Not One Less) movement was a march of over 200,000 people that took place in front of the Argentine National Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 3, 2015. A group of Argentine women journalists...