Violence against women

any use of psychological, physical or sexual force in a intimate relationship. Most the times from the conjuge that use the violence as intimate and humiliate. This violence is very common action in the world until this days. Some cultures accept that machinist attitude not as violence against the women, but as a way to manten the women control. Understand why this violence happen to my life was a painful and challenge process until a was able to made the correct decision to leave my abusive…

Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color” by Kimberlé Crenshaw. Kimberlé Crenshaw is a legal scholar from Columbia University and has pioneered the term intersectionality to describe the overlapping and intersecting social identities that affect individuals' experiences of discrimination and privilege. This work examines how race and gender impact experiences of women of color in the context of violence. She argues that the already existing legal…

This student watched Violence Against Women – It’s a Men’s Issue, Why We Do What We Do, and How to Speak so People Want to Listen. 2. Violence Against Women – It’s a Men’s Issue by Jackson Katz is the video of choice. 3. Katz argues that gender violence is everyone’s issue, not just one for women. 4. Through analogies and rhetorical questions, Katz strengthen his conviction that violence against women is more than a “women’s issue”. He compares the term “gender violence” to the words “race and…

planned out a variety of systematic campaigns of cruel abuse against all those who have stood in its way. The trail of blood goes far beyond Sudan’s borders though. Widespread of human rights violations and abuses by the government…

Since birth women have been known as the nurturers the beings that are here when we need love and care and men are the fighters and protectors. Throughout life we have been taught these gender roles to be able to fit into our rightful places to operate the norms of society. Often, we see these roles change per situation. In some situations women become the fighters and protectors, leaving the men in a place of needing to be nurtured loved and cared for. When we think about domestic violence, our…

smaller arguments. Either way, all the arguments center on one issue: crisis-level in Canada for violence against Indigenous women and girls. Palmater’s central argument is for an in-depth inquiry into the violence. She argues the inquiry must be both focused and general. It should be led by a group of Indigenous women. Palmater begins her article by discussing the issue of violence against Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Then she argues for the inquiry and the reasons why. As well, she…

Regarding: Recommendation for policy action on sexual violence towards women in England and Wales. Background: The notion of sexual violence towards women is a normalized dynamic with treatment that is based on women reporting the act and the criminal justice system doing its part, however, this completely erases the idea of sexual violence victims having further trauma with the invasive investigating proceedings. Sexual violence is seen as an individualized crime, with the survivor’s body…

Abuse Against Women The organization that obtained my attention is Women’s Media Center aka WMC. This organization is a fantastic group of people who investigate about women 's sexual assault. The WMC was founded in December 1948 in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi in the United States. What’s interesting about this organization is that is is currently in 44 different countries helping to expose humanitarian, sexual assault, civil right violations etc. In the case of Mexico, the Women Under…

Pornography: Sexuality Redefined Despite increasing legal and educational efforts, the rates of sexual assault and other forms of gender-based violence have remained steady. It is hypothesized that this is a direct result of the vast misunderstanding of what sexual assault is, in addition to society’s apathy which is maintained through various mediums. This literature review and synthesis will detail how the media plays an integral role in the preservation of rape culture through rape myth…

theory spurred the progressive unshackling of women from “male supremacy” and systemic oppression. “The personal is political” has since etched itself into a slogan, an outcry and a representation for women against the backdrop of systematically-indoctrinated patriarchal society. As appendage to Carol Hanisch’s (1970) paper published in Notes from the Second Year: Women’s Liberation – the personal is political was initialized as an assertive rebuttal against dissenters of women’s…