Connecticut College Digital Commons @ Connecticut College Film Studies Honors Papers Film Studies Department 2020 “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger:” The Fallacy of Rape Narratives as Paths to Women’s Empowerment in Contemporary Television Alessia S. Guise Connecticut College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/filmhp Part of the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, and the Film and Media Studies Commons Recommended Citation Guise, Alessia S., "“What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger:” The Fallacy of Rape Narratives as Paths to Women’s Empowerment in Contemporary Television" (2020). Film Studies Honors Papers. 7. https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/filmhp/7 This Honors Paper is brought to you for free and open access by the Film Studies Department at Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. It has been accepted for inclusion in Film Studies Honors Papers by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Connecticut College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author. “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger:” The Fallacy of Rape Narratives as Paths to Women’s Empowerment in Contemporary Television An Honors Thesis Presented By Alessia S. Guise To The Department of Film Studies In Fulfillment of the Requirements for Honors in the Major Field Connecticut College New London, Connecticut May 2020 2 Acknowledgements I would first and foremost like to thank my advisor, Dr. Nina Martin. I have been Dr. M’s student since my first semester at Connecticut College, and I can honestly say that I would not be the scholar, the feminist, or the person I am today without her guidance and instruction throughout the past four years.