Women

Violence against women is an ongoing public health concern and challenge for nurses not only across the United States but globally. The American Nurses Association is taking action on prevention and promoting education to nurses and patients regarding violence against women. They are advocates for teaching nurses the assessment pieces in recognizing women who are and could be potential victims of any type of violence including sexual, psychological or physical abuse. In order to reduce immediate…

attack but your spouse. Women’s domestic violence happens through verbally, mentally, physical, sexually and economic abuse by a spouse. Dehumanization The act of dehumanization is clear in the world today in domestic violence tours women. “Violence against women are a global public health problem occurring in a multitude of contexts and domestic violence is considered to be the most pervasive one” (Sapkota, Bhattarai, Baral, & Pokharel, 2016, p. 3). Domestic violence also called…

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…

and discrimination against women is violence against women. Violence is defined as a physical act of aggression by one individual or group of individuals against others. According to United States, violence against women can be defined as “Any act of gender based violence that results in or is likely to result in threats, harm or suffering to women whether physical, sexual or psychological, occurring in public or private life. The basic reasons for violence against women are economic…

Feminism In Reverse A Comparative Essay Between Little Women and Caddie Woodlawn The idea of a strong, independent woman is appealing, but these two books may actually be going in the opposite direction of feminism’s path through history. The theme in both Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink is that strong, independent women end up conforming to the person they have always been told to be. The main characters from both books, Caddie and Jo, start out…

Throughout the 1800’s, gender stereotypes proved to dominate over men and women. Women were to be domestic while men worked to provide for a family. In Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, Jo March is a rambunctious sixteen-year-old girl who knows how a proper lady should act but takes a step up against these standards. Jo contradicts gender stereotypes many times throughout Little Women, while showing a bold independence throughout the story by earning a job writing in New York. Leaving home,…

In the texts Little Women and "Huckleberry Finn chapter 1," the authors Mark Twain and Louisa May Alcott both shape their characters with dialogue instead of directly describing them. They instead describe their characters utilizing the characters' personal values and experiences. Both authors describe the theme of their stories utilizing particular examples of dialogue, description, and narrative amongst and circumventing the characters. Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Mark Twain's "The…

Violence against women is a major women’s health problem and can lead to serious physical problems and post traumatic disorders. Violence is an act committed by a person or persons against another person in which there is a conscious choice to act violently (Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Chapter 15: Violence and Abuse 2012). The most targeted women are married, non-educated, immigrants, low self-esteem, low income, young age, emotional dependence and insecurity and…

on subordinating women. The global dimensions of domestic violence are of great concern, both in terms 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…

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…