Gender And Gender Violence

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, men do not hate women, in fact, the author shows women’s oppression and physical abuse are rooted in the society. For instance, wearing burqa symbolized the beginning of women’s oppression in the Islamic culture. In the novel, Rasheed says, ‘“I’m a different breed of man, Mariam. Where I come from, one wrong look, one proper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a woman’s face is her husband’s business only. I want you to remember that. Do you understand?”’ (70). When Rasheed says these words to Mariam, it shows that Rasheed is traditionalist, has a conservative mind and is oppressing Mariam in every movements and words of her and one wrong mistake, she will be punish by him. In other words, his words means that Mariam is now a married woman, her body belongs only to him and it also shows she has no power and no equal rights as him. In Islamic culture, there’s a belief that men own women once they are married and that her everything belong only to them. Upon reading the novel, the readers can see that there are physical abuses which occurred to women and show that women are not allow to self-defend themselves from the abuse. In Chapter 8 Part 1, it foreshadows that physical abuse is a most common occurrence in the Islamic culture. For instance, the narrator says, “Mariam’s hands shook when she tried to slip the band onto his finger, and Rasheed had to help her. Her own band was a little tight, but Rasheed had no trouble forcing it over

Moreover, men violence is usually understood as individual isolated act, whereas it cannot be explained outside patriarchal structure (Walby; 1990, p. 129). However, violence toward women has frequently been trivialized until the extend that a women raped by their husband was not consider a rape, or illegal, but officials statistics show that women are more likely to be abused or murder by a relative than a stranger (Newburgh;2013,p.52) Furthermore, the state intervention has created new measures to combat female harassment, however, such social policies and laws remain still weak and ineffective (Walby; 1990, p. 21).Nevertheless, although male violence issue remains as problematic as time ago has changed social response, puss by feminist social movements (Saul,2003,p.50) Examples

The violence that surrounds homes can be summarized in the culture of violence theory and gender-role theory. The culture of violence theory looks at the broad acceptance of violence in our society and concludes that its acceptance is the foundation for violence within the family. Gender-role theory blames the traditional socialization of children into gender roles. Domestic violence plays a huge part in which parent will have custody of minor children. The culture of violence that is presented tries to understand why and how violence is committed in the family.

"Raising a daughter is like watering your neighbors’ garden.” That quote from a Hindu proverb.is referring to is how in some cultures when a daughter is old enough to be married, she leaves that family and joins her husbands'. So, raising a daughter in those cultures is seen as helping another family. Unlike females when a son is born he will stay and take care of the parents as they age. This son preference can lead to some countries committing gendercide. The act of gendercide is the mass killing of people because of their sex. Gendercide is a horrid trend that is due to the son preferences of many countries. Parents in Countries such as china and India have been killing there daughters. In India 25 percent of girls die before they can reach puberty. Also, 200 million women are missing because of being killed at a young age. There are many cultural causes of gendercide. The first is that boy babies are valued far more then female babies. Male children can carry on the family name, take care the parents when they get old and are less "expensive" to raise. In India there is a dowry system where in order for a woman to be married, the bride’s family must give gifts of money, land, livestock or other expensive items. This can put I strain on poorer families who cannot afford to pay a dowry or richer families who do not want to spend that type of money. So , when they have a girl child they either get an abortion or kill the child to save money. There was a Indian mother that

Keep a tally of how many times men post and how many times women post. Who tends to post more often? Remember to make sure you are looking at the whole class, not just one discussion thread or group. (If you are using our class as your example, be sure to look at ALL 7 forums, not just your individual group forum)!

“Domestic violence is a type of abuse by one or both partners in marriage, friends, family, dating or cohabitation” (Aziz & Mahmoud, 2010). There are many forms of abuse from verbal and emotional to physical that often escalates over time in intensity for the victim. Data from the criminal justice system, hospital patient medical records and mental health records, police reports, surveys and social services reports of thousands of women revealed that many are injured and killed as a result of violence from someone close to them. “The US Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) defines domestic violence as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner regardless of race, age, sexual orientation, religion, or gender” (Robertson & Murachver, 2009). Researchers and the criminal justice system have not been able to agree on a clear definition to domestic violence which can range from physical injury, stalking, verbal abuse and humiliation, denial of shelter and access to money, and intimidation through aggressive behaviors. The definition of domestic violence may vary but the results from physical injury, mental and emotional trauma, and sometimes even death can last a life time.

Every day, women experience violence at the hands of men. Somehow, in our society, even rape and assault have fallen into a moral grey area. With the controversy surrounding [that], few pay much thought to the less extreme, but far more common acts of molestation. While smaller attacks are considered innocuous by many, they too can have long lasting effects of and we as women have no way to ever escape.

Domestic violence is an issue in almost every corner in the world. It is a public health and human rights issue. The accepted levels of violence have changed with history and varies between societies. Here in the United States, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused. 1 in 3 women have been victims of physical violence from an intimate partner. The presence of a gun increases the risk of homicide by 500%. On average 3 women are killed each day by an intimate partner, Intimate partner violence is 15% of all violent crime. An analysis done by Every Town for Gun Safety found that 54% of mass shootings were related to domestic or family violence. This paper will be looking at the problem of domestic violence in the United States through the sociological conflict feminist theory.

Feminicide or femicide is defined as a sexual/gender hate crime, basically the killing of women and girls but definitions vary depending on the cultural context. Levels of femicide is reaching an ultimate high as the unknown genocide gain media coverage. Femicide has been hidden over the years particularly because the place these crimes occur. Popular in smaller countries or nation with corrupt governments evidence is shredded or destroyed to maintain government corruptness. These countless women and girls are natives to different countries throughout Latin America, sadly the number of deaths rises as women and children loses protection from their government and even family member. Places like Honduras, Spain, Brazil, and other places are at

After reading this chapter, I am shocked over how much violence towards women goes underreported. I knew beforehand that victims of gendered violence do not report their situation to the police for various reasons, ranging from fear to shame. However, I did not know that reporting of gendered violence is especially rare in communities with women of color. Realizing how minority communities expect the female members “...to maintain silence about sexual assault, to protect ‘family honor and community integrity’” (p.265) was both frustrating and heartbreaking. The fact that the community the woman is a member of, during the time she needs them the most, expects her to continue suffering with her current situation was depressing to read. I can understand how the minority community, and the minority victim of abuse, may want to keep the police out of their situation because of reports about police brutality. However, their denial of receiving help due to stigma against police, who are the most capable for ending the victim’s abuse, was tragic to learn about.

I have not had much experience with masculinity or gender-based violence. However, I have noticed that whenever someone says the work gender some may think that they are talking about women’s issues and that is the problem with today’s society. People assume things and they end up getting the wrong impression of people because of the assumptions they have already made. We are all guilty of this and that includes me.

If an individual is harmed or in need of immediate aid, be it from falling in their own home or being attacked in a parking garage downtown, it’s a common belief that the individual can rely on emergency services to help them. Simply call and help arrives. While this may be true for some situations, it’s simply not the case for many. As seen in the attack on Angela Champagne-Frome, some people – some women – cannot rely on dialing the three numbers for aid. This example appears to reflect a theme in the world of state, law, and social policy. Gender-based violence is an epidemic around the globe, yet there are few cases of the power of state seriously seeking and following through to remedy the local violent statistics, let alone the international

The existence of a gender biased legal system addressing domestic violence serves as a hindrance to men legitimate victims from filing a domestic case because they might feel that their efforts would be futile since there are no sufficient laws protecting them anyway. Once men are able to have a gender neutral legal system addressing domestic violence, they might now be braver to file domestic cases despite society shaming knowing that laws exist for their protection as well. Then eventually gender issues surrounding violence will slowly disappear.

Women from developing countries see immigration to Canada as an opportunity. However, immigration policies have created conditions of dependency that facilitate violence and patriarchy. In 1967, the government introduced the Points System. Potential immigrants were required to acquire points for admission and status (Anwar, 2014). The social restrictions that women faced in their native country regarding wages, employment, and education restricted them from accessing immigration options such as economic and skilled worker classes (Eggerman, 2012). At their wedding ceremony, South Asian brides vow to abide and respect their husband and in-laws. Many women must obtain permission from them to work. If the husband or in-laws did not approve of

There are many problems that gender-based violence and intimate partner violence bring. The spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa is one of the biggest problems that come up through gender-based violence. Different women’s and feminist organizations are attempting to fight against these problems such as the risk of sexual abuse and the epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Since the destruction of apartheid, South Africa and South Africa’s government have gone through a massive metamorphosis. South Africa is said to have one of the best constitutions in the world, which came into effect in 1997. While it has one of the best constitutions, South Africa still has some of the highest reported instances of rape. While the fight against gender-based