Violence against women

discussed by the performance. Neely (2013) states, “Genderism and male supremacy shape men’s relationships with women […] the words we choose, how we position our bodies, the roles we take on, and our objectifying male gaze all make public spaces unwelcome or threatening to women” (p.357). This quote speaks to reoccurring theme represented throughout the presentation by Visions and Voices that women are constantly being made to feel like objects and that this is due to male…

Many women suffer from domestic violence. Most of the time women don’t know what to do in this type of situation. Domestic violence can be a tough thing to deal with. Identifying the early signs can be as hard as getting out of it. Anybody who lives in the same household as the domestic violence victims are affected. Even people who know someone close to them are victims of domestic violence don’t always know how to help them. Some solutions to stop and prevent domestic violence is to…

Dervartanian Kulwicki and Miller (1999) sought to investigate beliefs and actions about domestic violence in Arab American immigrant families with the purpose of providing education and intervention. The results revealed that moderate percentages of women approved of husband perpetrated violence and control against their wives under certain circumstances (Dervartanian Kulwicki and Miller 1999). The majority of women agreed or strongly agreed that men could tell their wives if they were allowed…

domestic violence. Sexual assault is defined as a forced sexual act, where the victim is either persuaded or physically forced to engage in the act against their will, or any form of sexual touching without the individual 's consent. This particular form of assault is legally recognised as being a part of sexual violence and it consists of rape (all forms), forced kissing, groping, child sexual abuse or any other form of harsh treatment of an individual in a sexual manner. Domestic violence is…

Sexual violence in the United States is considered a public health issues that victimizes both, males and females at some point during their life (Breiding, 2014). Although both genders are a risk approximately 19.3% of females report sexual violations compared to 1.7% in males victims (Breiding, 2014), female victims are believed to express more traumatic consequences (Breiding, 2014). Sexual violence has been defined in the past to include a variety of sexual offenses or behaviors. Breiding…

terms of equality, justice and safety. Numerous individuals had differentiating perspectives on the massacre that took place. Many questions were raised: Why did Marc Lépine shoot and murder fourteen women, while leaving the men alive? Why was Lépine yelling "You’re all feminists?", yet shooting at women who guaranteed they weren 't feminists? (Porter, Catherine) Regardless of the Montreal Massacre being a negative event, the long term consequences were positive. Despite the fact that the media…

Act which will ban insurance companies from discriminating against women and provide women with access to safe preventive care. In a recent political ad released by The Clinton Campaign, Clinton vocalizes that “when politicians talk about defunding planned parenthood they talk about blocking millions of women, men, and young people from prevent healthcare.” (Political Ad: Support & Stand with Planned Parenthood). Sexual and domestic violence is something faced every day in America, and there’s…

vehicle or take money used for public transportation; use treats against her, her children, or pets if she goes to her place of employment; inflict facial cuts and bruises; or even physically restrain or incapacitate her so that she cannot leave her residence” (Buzawa, Buzawa, & Stark, 2012). If women are going to leave their abusive household, they need to be able to reenter society supporting themselves. Job training would help these women immensely and help them stand on their own two feet.…

gendercide is a sex-selective killing where men or women are victims disproportionately (Carpenter). The war against women in India goes back centuries with the deeply rooted, sexist cultural dynamics as well as the ineffective and unfair government policies that have led to the increase rates of gendercide. Girls become victims of female infanticide due to the financial and social…

about. Some say it is an epidemic, some say it is a women’s issue, others say it is not a problem at all. Just a problem made up by the media. Whatever the masses would like to say about it, the basic terminology is sexual assault or gender-based violence. There has been debate on the type of policies that should be in place for combating sexual assault on college campuses. Every college campus has different sexual assault policies; however, Minnesota, New York and California have many policies…