Against Me!

of their scope and extent. Domestic violence is perhaps the most universal, yet one of the most invisible forms of violence against women. No country or society can claim to be free of domestic violence, but the patterns and trends may vary across regions and countries The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological…

concern. Narrating how the Cleveland cases (the 1987 medical diagnosis of CSA in 165 girls and boys in an eponymous town in North East England) aroused British people to the horrific truth of CSA, Virani stresses the requirement of immediate action against CSA by the government of India, educational institutions, medical practitioners, media, psychoanalysts, etc. But she emphasizes the quick…

Dylan Thomas: “Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”. We might very well be remembered. Teachers will explain our lives in front…

Power is the ability to control people in their words or actions. It is a necessary component in any society, without it, all pandemonium would break loose. There must be an established leader, consequently, when it is taken to an extreme, power can be iniquitous and can cause mass destruction. In the novel The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, the powerful abuse their power to take advantage of those who have none. One common theme among people in power is using rape to take advantage of the…

Sixty one percent of men and more than half of the women fully or partially blamed the woman in case of rape. In matrilineal Khasi society, it is surprising to note that women still blame their female counterparts for being raped. Provocative clothing, especially Western clothing, was the main reason cited for blame. Yet many female participants were wearing the kind of clothes that many conservative Indians elsewhere in India would describe as provocative. This was a seeming contradiction. The…

The programs Black Mirror, Total Drama, and Galavant were used to depict the amount of violence presented in a drama, animation, and comedy for this experiment. Black Mirror, an hour-long show, is a modern take on The Twilight Zone on how technology brings the worst in human nature. Total Drama is an animated half-hour spoof of reality television competition in the vein of Survivor, except the contents are teenagers and set at a summer camp but with all the same antics. Galavant, a half-hour…

Introduction Certain identifiable socio-demographic characteristics place diverse groups at-risk of social and economic deprivation, alienation, marginalization, and oppression. Historically, the range of differences between gender and sex has positioned women at a significant disadvantage in the macro social environment. In today’s male-dominated world, women who experience traumatic events, such as domestic violence are likely to be at-risk of social and economic deprivation, alienation, and…

echo against the walls of the house. Porcelain dishes break as they are chucked across the kitchen floor, shattering into tiny shards of glass. Other furniture is hurdled across the house and mass chaos ensues. A child peers down from the stairs, her face streaked with tears as she witnesses her parents. This nightmare is the reality of many families who have been broken apart due to domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is a civil rights issue that should be taken seriously and taken action against.…

navigate their way through the process above, as well as any immigration related issues they might have. During their normal business hours, 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, advocates are also available to assist with filing protection orders against abuse or stalking…

Out of all the topics discussed and read so far in this course, I connect more with the domestic violence topic. Before taking the course I did not understand why someone, specifically a woman would want to stay with a physically abusive or mentally abusive partner. After reading Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent edited Lettie L. Lockhart and Fran S. Danis I was enlightened and slightly informed. Once we went into depth in class I had a greater understanding and…