Violence Against Women Analysis

Violence is one of the greatest forms of suppression against women that exist in the Euroestrinic world. Violence against acts have become so far engraved within western society that acts committed against women are sometimes justified by historical violence or biology. This understanding of violence has been particularly damaging to women of color, specifically identifying black women. Yet, Sanday’s study Rape-Prone Vs. Rape Free Campus Cultures proves that these society are not solidified in ones biology and is in fact a social construct.
Violence against women is created by the hegeomonic structures in forced by white Supramancy. “ Hegeonomic masculinity is always constructed in relation to various subordinated masculinities as well as in relation to women,” (Conell, Hegemonic Masculinity and Emphasized Feminity, 22). Western society is shaped around the idealization of the white heterosexual male figure. It is expect that everyone attempt to reach these statues and those who cannot must accept their subordinate role. This construction fixates women, people of color on non-heterosexual people as …show more content…
The term describes the way in which males attempt to reach or show their masculinity in dangerous and compulsive manners, especially amongst lower income people. This compulsiveness to present their masculinity is especially present in 90s to early 2000s rap videos. This over show of masculinity amongst men is especially detrimental to women who become part of the display as a sign of masculinity. Within this display of masculinity women are frequently met with acts of violence against them. Little is done about this for two main reasons. One being that the idea of a show of masculinity, which involves gender violence’s, has become normalized as well as the concept mentioned earlier of race