Summary of the Dignitas Lab. What was the lab about? Summarize the information presented. (1-2 paragraphs)

• The speaker started at age 18 at a rape center as a volunteer. Working with women that through rape and other forms of violence god presented the right to bear. She is a feminist, which is one of many different views all around the world. Dr. Messina-Dysert defined rape culture as a culture where violence is perpetrated based on gender. She descried it as universal where female genital cutting is perpetrating violence based on culture. It never went away at colleges about the idea of rape culture, but it has come back and more people are now talking about it. An example from a television show of this is Luke and Laura from general hospital. …show more content…
The main point that made it diverse was spiritual violence where religion is the foundation of rape culture. God is a man who is a white male. Dr. Gina Messina-Dysert stated “If god is male; then male is god.” A few other points she stated is that rape is the one time suicide is permissible. God can heal anything besides the broken hymen. A women virginity is far more important than her life. The first example she gave was St. Maria Goretti. A man wanted to rape her and if she doesn’t get raped he will kill her. The man stabs her 14 times and before St. Maria Goretti dies she forgives him. Maria chose death over rape and if she was raped it would all be for nothing. The man becomes a monk and then apologizes to Goretti’s mother. Maria is the example to protect your virginity at all cost. The second example is Mary, who was the speaker’s favorite. She is presented in the catholic religion as highly problematic as a virgin but yet a mother of children. Women are supposed to have kids and cook and clean. Why should be care if there should be income inequality and why women shouldn’t just be at home and then it wouldn’t be an issue? Lastly complementarity, is where men and women have very distinct and complementary roles. Pope Francis says that women belong on the underside and that women’s values are less. “They are like a strawberry on a cake.” – Pope Francis. Women are his blind