Against Me!

Violence can be described as the intent to hurt or damage something or someone, which can be done in a number of ways. The group of writings that I chose was under the title of “Cultures of Violence”, and I believe that this heading efficaciously describes the two essays within it. On War by James Boswell, and The Paranoid Style of American Policing by Ta-Nehisi Coates, each tell their thoughts on violence and how they view it within different areas of today’s society. However, I feel that On…

Dynamics of Domestic Violence Domestic violence, also know as intimate partner violence, includes physical, psychological, and financial harm caused in an intimate partnership (Wallace & Roberson, 2015). The Clifford Burns case is a tragic example of domestic violence and demonstrates Lenore Walker’s cycle theory of violence. The theory attempts to explain the pattern of abuse involved in domestic violence (Wallace & Roberson, 2015). According to Wallace and Roberson (2014), there are three…

Article Summary This study seeks to investigate instances of family violence against women in rural East Central Saskatchewan, Canada and to assess need for services and support. The researchers claim that violence in this region is suffered in significant numbers and draw attention to the fact that rural living isolates women from support services such as social services and counseling. The article attributes many women staying in abusive situations for years to lack of access to these…

Rape or any type of sexual assault is devastating no matter the context. However, when put into the context of psychology, rape and sexual assault is especially heinous. Rape or sexual assault will practically affect every woman at least once in her lifetime, whether they are the victim or know a victim. This essay will discuss the many psychological impacts that rape and sexual assault result in, particularly touching on PTSD and the trauma associated. Numerous statistics and studies draw on…

Mum with a Secret ‘When Mom Has a Secret’ is a long, but detailed, article by an American journalist and correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, Tara Mckelvey. She has also written for The New York Times Book Review, Marie Claire, and The American Prospect. Mckelvey’s article angles the key events that bring up the past of the iconic terrorist group, SLA. The manifesto Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was an American made radical active group between 1973 and 1975 who considered…

In the article, "Common Fate, Different Experience: Gender-Specific Aspects of the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917," writer Katharine Derderian argues how sexual violence and gender-specific acts were central aspects of the Armenian Genocide. Derderian explains how after the murder of the Armenian leadership and military, Ottoman authorities and Ittihadist supporters sent surviving Anatolia Armenians to the Syrian desert for extermination. During the ethnic cleansing, Armenian women faced…

The Certainty about Domestic Violence Domestic violence sufferers can be found all over the world. According to figures, one in every three females worldwide has been ill-treated physically. The miserable thing is that sufferers of abuse generally have nowhere to consult. Many of these sufferers get blemished for life with rare treatment choices obtainable to them. One such domestic violence sufferer was Sara Corcoran Warner. She has faced many difficulties and every time she tried reporting the…

descriptions (Bohner, 2001; Henley et al., 1995), and victim-blaming language in descriptions of rape (Kanekar, Kolsawalla, & D’Souza, 1981). Such expressions may in turn shape whether readers and listeners interpret these acts as voluntary acts of violence against an undeserving victim or as unfortunate experiences that women—at least in part—bring on themselves. (Frazer & Miller, 2008, p.70) Studies show that writers typically prefer the passive voice over active voice twice as often to…

The methodical violence against women has become one the most, if not the most important and detrimental issues across the globe. Violence against women involves a multitude of horrendous actions that range from rape and forced marriage, to genital mutilation (FGM) and feminicide. Gender-Based Violence (GBV) affects an unbelievable amount of women every year, according to the World Health Organization, one-third of the world’s women (translated to an estimated 1.140 billion individuals) have…

White Ribbon organisation is aimed at tackling the domestic violence issue. As their campaign is male led, it recognizes that domestic violence is not just a women’s issue but an issue to both genders, it aims to reduce the prevalence of violence against women (What is White Ribbon?, 2014). The chief executive of White Ribbon, Libby Davis states that “We are working on prevention that is enabling change in attitudes and behaviours that absolutely allows violence to take place in the first place”…