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Also a new law has been passed that police are able to make an arrest without the victim wanting to press charges. I believe this to be a good thing because it can give the victim an order of protection meaning that the person who committed this crime can’t just post bail and go right back to the victim. Thankfully there are shelters like the Community Crisis Center and Wings to help aid victims. In fact Wings offers counseling for people of domestic violence for two years. As I said before…

Shayna Stoymenoff 1000762463 Professor Jooyoung Lee SOC393 Notions That Challenge The “Blame The Victim” Accounts of Serial Homicide When it comes to risk factors associated with sexual violence and serial homicide, people often times “blame the victim” for serial murder or other types of sexual violence that occurs. However, there are many other risk factors associated with making a victim vulnerable to sexual assault or violence. According to Harber et al (2015), “victim blaming” is a concept…

Canadian statistics, females have reported frequent and severe spousal violence including, sexual assault, being choked or threatened with a gun by their partner compared to males. Domestic violence is a crime, observed worldwide and is mostly treated as a hidden crime because the victim does not speak against the perpetrator. Unfortunately, domestic violence is more frequent in other parts of the world compared to Canada. “In My Year of Meats”, Ruth Ozeki addresses this issue by depicting the…

Thomas starts off immediately addressing someone who is dying,then urgently addresses his dying father at the end of the poem asking him to fight against death and to find meaning in life. Another key part of the poem that shows the theme are the shifts. In ‘Do not go gentle into the good night’, 3 shifts are made by Thomas. The first is in the beginning stanza when the speaker addresses an unknown…

Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Domestic violence has been around for centuries, affecting millions of Americans and is becoming a global health problem. Violence is not selective as it occurs across all income levels, racial and cultural groups and has no gender or sexual boundaries (Allender, Rector & Warner, 2014). Therefore, it 's imperative that communities not only understand the cycle of violence, but also the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of violence prevention.…

OPINION PIECE Last month, my grandmother was travelling by train on the way home after meeting up with a group of friends. That day, though, will be a day that will traumatise her up to this present day. As she was standing up from her seat, a man assaulted her; he shoved her onto the floor, bit her and kicked her. Now, whilst her trembling bruised body will gradually relearn to sit up and her swollen face will learn to eat normal food again, she cannot shake away the memories from that day.…

To What Degree are Sexism and Gender Discrimination a Significant Problem in Canada? Article Summary In the article, “Women in Harperland: A Critical Look at Gender Inequality in Canada Since 2006”, Brianna Strumm takes an in-depth look at gender prejudice throughout Canada since Stephen Harper, past Conservative Prime Minister was elected into Canada’s government in 2006. The Author expresses her concern by distinctively listing the many lacks of Harpers involvement in gender inequality…

unyielding and relentless as death approaches until the last second, the author implies that death is imminent. Despite the poem’s portrayal of grief and defying death, Dylan Thomas incorporates literary devices to convey that even after the endeavor against the inevitable, there is a renewal and light after death. In the first stanza the narrator is advising…

The poem “The Thought-Fox” is written by Ted Hughes’ in 1957. The poem exists out of descriptive and figurative language; this language is used to emphasize the intrinsic and complex relationship between a poet and the poet literary creations. The poem is a six-stanza poem that is all quatrains, with one or two full end rhymes. The poet carefully used different punctuation and enjambment to the rhythms of the fox as it moves onto the page come through. The poem deals with 6 stanzas and 4…

All through history, women of color have faced racism and prejudice. In the early 1900s, women were treated as slaves to their husbands and fathers. Many were raped by family members or people they were close with, leading to unhealthy mindsets and difficulty forming further relationships. Women would turn to eachother for comfort and support in these terrifying times. These are actions that were present during the time the novel was written, and still today. Alice Walker uses her childhood and…