At night, when a woman walks down the street by herself, pay attention to the way she walks, the way she clutches her purse to her side, and the way her eyes dart back and forth, prepared to flee in case someone comes near. Compare that to the way a man confidently strides with a smirk plastered across his face, occasionally cat-calling a reluctant victim. In Jackson Katz’s book the Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, the author argues that the violence and harassment made against women is indeed, a men’s issue. Within the first few chapters, Katz offers various scenarios, and a myriad of statistics. However, “in a 500 page book on gender violence, this author does not mention once that woman can and are abusive toward men” (Smith, Aaron).…
Jackson Katz’s didactic tone emphasizes the gender violence issues in society through the points made “ in the domestic and sexual violence field know [as] victim-blaming” as well as how with “power and privilege, [there is] the ability to go unexamined.” How we think conspires us to keep our attention off of men; instead of pursuing the perpetrator we now follow the victim. We use the violence or pain that has happened to someone to identify/label that person. Victim blaming has become prominent in our society today. The power and privilege that some people hold has allowed them to silence the voices of many.…
Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16 ("Facts about violence against women - Canadianwomen.org"). In today’s society, men committing violence against women is quite prevalent, and we need to understand why it is happening and how we can prevent it. In this essay, I will discuss the key societal and environmental factors that contribute to why men commit violence as shown in the film Tough Guise 2, the concept of violent masculinity and rehabilitation options shown in the reading by Allen and Kivel, and the resources men and women have to seek help particularly in London, Ontario. This is an important issue because we see violence daily in the news, it is present in our lives, in all realms of…
Staples shows that he understands the statistics and the reality that women are victims of rape and abuse by men. Generally, women are afraid of men’s power to dominate them. Showing his understanding for this, Staples is…
Jackson Katz’s solemn diction informs the public about how men should be focused on rather than women when it comes to domestic violence, rape, or other morbid situations by explaining why victim blaming is ineffective and how to influence people to stop thinking discriminatorily. The majority of the public seem to blame victims when it comes to problems. For example in the case of rape, a woman may be shamed for wearing certain clothes or acting a certain way. In reality, the perpetrator should be shamed for committing the action in the first place. To blame the victim is unnecessary, and causes the victim to feel at fault and the problem to stay prominent.…
Imagine going through something so traumatic, that in a way, it separates you from the rest of the world, completely tearing you from your self-worth and confidence. Women in the USA are constantly being sexually, and mentally abused by men. Unfortunately, most don’t have the courage to speak up and defend themselves. This topic relates to Laure Halse Anderson’s novel, Speak, where the protagonist, Melinda Sordino, must endure a brutal attack one horrid night and suffer the consequences for not speaking up. It is when her so called “bestfriend” Rachelle and she attend a party, and soon to be senior, Andy Evans, preyed upon the weak, raping Melinda.…
Staples’ essay effectively connects problems between ethnic and racial groups to societal issues through his personal experiences, while Ehrenreich's essay makes the connection to modern gender issues irrelevant by mocking the male sex. Staples’ scenes of racism and stereotyping eerily resembles the issue of police brutality, for unarmed young black males are often seen as threats by white police officers as well as white females. Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man, was killed after being put in an illegal chokehold by a New York police officer while being arrested for suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Eric Garner was a describes as a gentle and loving father of six children and three grandchildren, yet his killer, Officer Daniel…
Sexual abuse is incredibly prevalent, but it is not limited to women of one race. However, in general, different races experience sexual abuse variously. For example, the women in “A Feminist Statement” suggest that white men rape black women for “political repression,” (“A Black Feminist Statement,” 213). Although, Allison states that white men rape white women because they are poor and have no right to their sexualities or sexual…
much outside the local press. This supports the overriding conceptions of appropriate and ideal victims. The young girls were archetypal ‘ideal victims’, as they were bright, young girls from devoted, middle-class domestic backgrounds, each holding model school records. Whereas, ‘David’ and ‘Patrick’ were both ‘working class young boys who had grown up on a rough West Midlands council estate’, the boys had been troublesome within school and ‘David’, had been caught stealing. While ‘Holly’ and ‘Jessica’ grasped the hearts of a nation, being noted in such widespread news reports, ‘Patrick’ and ‘David’’ did not appeal the same media or public interest.…
Violence against Women is not just a Women’s Issue The Ted talk that I analyzed was Violence against Women is a- Man’s Issue. The speaker, Jackson Katz effectively articulated his speech. He made sure that the audience perceived him as a credible source by explaining how he has been running a leadership program in the Marine Corporation for about twenty years.…
In this chapter it talks about abuse in a relationships and how most of the time it’s the women getting abused not the man. They also mention how artists wrote songs about it. Examples are “Stand by Your Man” which is about standing by your husband no matter what he do and “Independence Day” is about a little girl seeing her mom being abused by her dad, then after a while the mom burned down the house because of it. This chapter has a lot to do with gender from the four lenses plus culture and history from the four concepts.…
42, no. 4, Jan. 2015, pp. 346–361. doi:10.1002/ab.21630. This article talks about how men can be victims of emotional trauma through the abuse of cultural biases and legal systems. The only type of abuse talked about in my paper where it occurs more to the man than the woman, and is perpetuated by the women instead of the men.…
Family therapy has been slow to consider sexuality and power distribution as key influences on family life. The attributes that signified a functional family involved establishing distinctive roles for men and women, with the nuclear family as the norm (Canino & Inclan, 2001). Family therapy has been seen as limited by its insularity from the critique of its reinforcement of stereotyped gender roles (Goldner, 1985). Although family therapy recognizes the social context as a determinant of behavior, therapists have not examined the consequences of traditional socialization practices that disadvantage women or discriminate against homosexuality.…
This article gives a quick background on how women abuse was not a huge concern to many people, including those on the government board. This can be seen as an example to how much life has improved, how much women have come to achieve. This can also be seen as a way to demonstrate that women, even after the effort, have not stopped being abused by men. Furthermore, this article includes data, from research, that domestic abuse is hidden from the public, but when it is seen, nothing is done. Kelly, U. (2010).…
Gender violence includes offenses such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment, and anyone of any gender can become a victim. However, the stereotypical victim of gender violence is female because a large proportion of victims are women. Consequentially, as Jackson Katz discusses in his TED Talk “Violence against women – it’s a men’s issue”, many people believe that issues such as domestic violence and sexual harassment only affect women and, thus, are deemed “women’s issues”. One obvious consequence of this stereotype is that male victims are often overlooked or dismissed, but Katz sheds light upon other consequences of referring to gender violence as a “women’s issue” that contribute to its perpetuation.…