Research question:
Option 1: Using the Feminist perspective, analyze how patriarchy and culture operate in perpetuating violence against immigrated South Asian Women? How does gender and class intersect in creating this inequality; affecting resource access for those who want to flee from an abusive relationship?
Five course terms: Patriarchy; the 4 dimensions of gender; Intersectionality; Hegemonic Masculinity, Norms
Annotated Bibliography:
George, P. &, Rashidi. M. (2014). Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities in the GTA: Critical Perspectives of Community Activists and Service Providers. The Journal of Critical Anti-Oppressive Social Inquiry, 67-78.
The article above illustrates the relationship between violence and the patriarchal …show more content…
Three themes emerge from this study; reasons for delay to seek professional help, turning points, and talking to professionals. Major underlying reasons discussed are social stigma, rigid gender roles, and marriage obligations to name a few. It focuses on socio-cultural norms of patriarchy, collectivism, and familism. This article acknowledges the need for tailored community education and social services to reduce vulnerability of those who are at-risk to be in an abusive relationship. This article can develop a strong critical analysis of how patriarchal beliefs and culture intersect as an essay argument, as posed in my research question. Patriarchy and culture does not only perpetuate violence amongst South Asian families, however places barriers on decision-making by abused woman to access resources. The article’s themes reveal how patriarchy and culture operate together, as rigid beliefs create a rigid culture which affects woman’s experience that contribute to an ongoing phenomenon. The three themes discussed in this article can be used to support my first subtopic of the intersection of patriarchy and culture as often the reasons are discussed such as gender roles and social stigma because they are patriarchally constructed elements within the …show more content…
South Asian women are constructed as submissive and passive, however the author notes that abuse and passivity are synonyms, acknowledging the fact that south Asian women often have lack of resources available to them and are left in isolation through the use of creative strategies in order to resist the abuse that is experienced. Through a wide arrange of coping and help-seeking behaviour such as silence, confrontation, challenging the abuser’s fiscal control and contemplating and resisting suicide. These women carefully consider the structural and cultural constraints that are present which act as barriers to end the abuse including socio-economic status, legal and financial status that determine the type of strategies used to cope with domestic abuse. The author emphasizes the forms of positive resistance such as silence and contemplating suicide which are looked down upon in mainstream American society. This article challenges cultural stereotypes and how the social construction of women being submissive and passive that are paratracheal ideologies should be ignored and instead to focus on the strengths of these women in acknowledging their oppression. This article can serve as a counter argument, such as in previous articles looks at the strong connection between gender and culture, although in a negative light. Instead, this article further supports my argument of the
Option 1: Using the Feminist perspective, analyze how patriarchy and culture operate in perpetuating violence against immigrated South Asian Women? How does gender and class intersect in creating this inequality; affecting resource access for those who want to flee from an abusive relationship?
Five course terms: Patriarchy; the 4 dimensions of gender; Intersectionality; Hegemonic Masculinity, Norms
Annotated Bibliography:
George, P. &, Rashidi. M. (2014). Domestic Violence in South Asian Communities in the GTA: Critical Perspectives of Community Activists and Service Providers. The Journal of Critical Anti-Oppressive Social Inquiry, 67-78.
The article above illustrates the relationship between violence and the patriarchal …show more content…
Three themes emerge from this study; reasons for delay to seek professional help, turning points, and talking to professionals. Major underlying reasons discussed are social stigma, rigid gender roles, and marriage obligations to name a few. It focuses on socio-cultural norms of patriarchy, collectivism, and familism. This article acknowledges the need for tailored community education and social services to reduce vulnerability of those who are at-risk to be in an abusive relationship. This article can develop a strong critical analysis of how patriarchal beliefs and culture intersect as an essay argument, as posed in my research question. Patriarchy and culture does not only perpetuate violence amongst South Asian families, however places barriers on decision-making by abused woman to access resources. The article’s themes reveal how patriarchy and culture operate together, as rigid beliefs create a rigid culture which affects woman’s experience that contribute to an ongoing phenomenon. The three themes discussed in this article can be used to support my first subtopic of the intersection of patriarchy and culture as often the reasons are discussed such as gender roles and social stigma because they are patriarchally constructed elements within the …show more content…
South Asian women are constructed as submissive and passive, however the author notes that abuse and passivity are synonyms, acknowledging the fact that south Asian women often have lack of resources available to them and are left in isolation through the use of creative strategies in order to resist the abuse that is experienced. Through a wide arrange of coping and help-seeking behaviour such as silence, confrontation, challenging the abuser’s fiscal control and contemplating and resisting suicide. These women carefully consider the structural and cultural constraints that are present which act as barriers to end the abuse including socio-economic status, legal and financial status that determine the type of strategies used to cope with domestic abuse. The author emphasizes the forms of positive resistance such as silence and contemplating suicide which are looked down upon in mainstream American society. This article challenges cultural stereotypes and how the social construction of women being submissive and passive that are paratracheal ideologies should be ignored and instead to focus on the strengths of these women in acknowledging their oppression. This article can serve as a counter argument, such as in previous articles looks at the strong connection between gender and culture, although in a negative light. Instead, this article further supports my argument of the