Stereotypes On Violence Against Women

Violence against women is a significant barrier in women achieving full equality. The knowledge of violence against women is very limited and it fell to more of the deep-rooted nature of violence and how the gendered attitudes have supported this issue for many years. Feminist argue that violence against women is supported through sexist and racist stereotypes that have been socially constructed. In this essay, we will be looking at violence against women and analyze and understanding the history, research, importance, and class/race that affects violence against women. Firstly, feminist perspective on violence against women is important to understand and grasp. According to Tracy (2007) feminist theorists believe that patriarchy is the cause …show more content…
Boston Women 's Health Book (1998) also explains men commit an act of violence because it is an expression of power and many men feel that expressing their anger and frustration by being violent toward women shows the lesson of dominance and violence that has placed in our society. This limits a women 's freedom because when a women threat a man 's position of dominance and control, men use violence to put women back into traditional roles and keep them in their place. Overall, understanding and analyzing violence against women from a feminist perspective helps teach that society has unequal power and women are second class. Secondly, the importance and relevance of violence against women. Violence against women is an important issues because it looks at how women are more likely to be harmed by a man they know than they don 't know. This reminds many women that violence against women based on the myth such as stranger danger is not true. This issue is important for many women because it affects the equality rights for women and limits women 's freedom. Overall, the reality of violence against women is that not all women experience the same type of abuse or the same extent of …show more content…
According to police-reported data, about 173,600 women aged 15 years and older were victims of violent crime in 2011(Statistic Canada, 2006). According to Statistics Canada (2006), in 2011 five most common violence offences against women was common assault, uttering threats, serious assault, sexual assault level 1 and criminal harassment. Overall, men were responsible for 83% of police-reported violence committed against women. Most commonly, the accused was the woman 's intimate partner (includes both spousal and dating) (45%), followed by acquaintances or friends (27%), strangers (16%) and non-spousal family members (12%) (Statistics Canada, 2006). According to Statistics Canada (2006) is that intimate partner violence has increased and it more four times higher for women to be physical assaulted and any use of physical force than weapons. Over half of many female victims suffered for any types of