Waukesh My Impression Analysis

Discussing the nature of the issue, violence against women includes females of all ages, race, and socioeconomic status, who are being violated through acts of physical and sexual violence, as well as psychological abuse. It is not just

Rebecca Solnit’s article focuses on the ways male violence negatively affects women. Harassment from men directed at women keep women from speaking up, and many women are living in constant fear of male violence. They live in a constant state of fear because they are aware male violence is taking place around them. Women are also afraid of potential male violence because men openly express authoritative behavior. She explains men feel they have the validity to control and abuse women. Specifically, a man will approach a woman with the expectation that the woman will return the man with a sexual favor. For example, “a woman was stabbed after she rebuffed a man’s sexual advances while she walked in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood late Monday night…”

In our debate we discussed whether women are just as violent as men. The pro side of the debate said yes women are just as violent as men, and the opposing side said men are more violent than women. In the yes side of the debate violence was described as physical and emotional assaults. As in violent acts carried out with the intention of causing another person physical pain or injury, no matter whether actual injury occurs, and any unjust, cruel act, or maltreatment of another human being. In the no side of the debate violence was just described as physical assaults, and not emotional assaults. This paper will discuss both sides of the debate, and the pros and cons of the arguments made by both sides.

Throughout history, women have continuously found themselves as the subjects of oppression. Although the treatment of women has drastically changed over time, women are still exposed to much of the violence that exists today. Per the National Organization for Women, “young women, low-income women and some minorities are disproportionately victims of domestic violence and rape” (National Organization for Women, 2016). Women-centered violence is highly prevalent and reoccurring all over the world, even in our local communities. Individuals may be hesitant to consider just how much violence against women affects their communities.

Another negative effect of gender inequality is the increased fear of violence for women. Women are often portrayed as weak and helpless beings that can easily be taken advantage of. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon states that, “Violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence –yet the reality is that too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned” (Unite to End Violence Againist Women, 2006). Violence against women in the form of rape, spousal abuse, child abuse or spousal killing has become routine behavior over the years, so it rarely even makes the news anymore. “Women aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, motor accidents, war and malaria, according to World Bank data”( Unite to End Violence Againist Women, 2006). Women are often blamed and questioned about their actions if they become the

Many women are experiencing violence against them, whether it be physical, mental, or verbal. According to Kirk, Terry, Lokuge, and Watterson, “Violence against women (VAW) is a major issue worldwide, with an estimated 35% of women, or roughly 1 in 3, experiencing either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime” (p. 2). There have been many groups that have been created to combat violence against women. The group I will be focusing on is White Ribbon group. The White Ribbon are the defenders of women.

It is evident that violence towards women has become an important matter that needs to end and more awareness has been brought to the issue. Most people are disturbed when hearing about violent crimes that are committed towards

Women are still today ostracized in some countries and it is still deemed “alright” to put women down by verbal or physical violence. Still in a lot of countries in Africa and in the Middle East do not have laws against domestic violence and this leads to lots of unnecessary deaths toward women that go unpunished. Nearly 40% of deaths toward women is due to their intimate partner. (Huffington Post) It is viewed in most of these countries that it is alright to hit women to “put them in their place.” It has been a big problem not just in the United States, but in these foreign countries women are to believe that it is alright for their intimate partner to do this to them because they are deserving of it. This is so ethically wrong because no matter of what race, gender, religion, etc… nobody should ever be put through anything like that of the sorts. It is great to know that in some of these countries that women are striving to move forward and to have domestic violence laws put into place. Like in Saudi Arabia, this is a known country that has had issues on women rights finally passed a bill that outlaws domestic violence in 2013. The biggest problem with domestic violence in these countries is that the women are afraid to speak out to this issue due to the lack of laws in place for women. Women have also have had it instilled in their minds that they should be shamed by having their husband, boyfriend, or even their brothers beat them. Domestic violence is an epidemic that needs to be spoken about. 1 in 4 women have been a subject to some form of domestic violence. In the United States this is still an epidemic because statics show that a woman is beaten every 9 seconds in the United States. (Huffington Post) This is a horrifying statistic to know that a woman is that vulnerable to domestic violence. Domestic violence has

Women don’t come forward and name their abusers because it could cost them their lives. Women fear for their lives because “around sixty-six thousand women are killed by men annually, worldwide” (71) they are faced with a dilemma, come forward and be killed or don’t come forward and be killed. To change this discouraging dilemma that women face, we must move towards a place where women can come forward, be believed, and their abusers facing consequences for their actions. There’s are a common misconception that women are harmed by strange men in dark streets but in reality “most women are killed by their husbands, lovers, or former partners”

Women, Violence, And Resistance In chapter 54 Women, Violence, And Resistance by Melanie Kaye/ Kantrowitz. You will read about how women are abused. Should women be treated with violence such as being raped, beaten, physically and emotional abused? No women small or big should be abused, so when being attacked I believe if the women feels as if she can defend herself she should fight back.

Another common form of abuse exhibited against women is sexual abuse. Despite sexual abuse having the overarching inclusion of a sexual activity, Women Against Abuse candidly states, “Sexual abuse is not about sex. It is about power, and includes any sexual behavior performed without a partner’s consent” (“Types of Abuse”). Sexual assault is about exerting power over one’s partner, and in similar way,

Our culture refuses to hold women equally accountable as men for their participation in Domestic Violence. Women’s behavior whether perpetrator or victim, is understood and passed off as socialization or poor economic status. On the other hand men are held fully accountable for all of their behavior. “Despite the tough guy stereotype all boys are encouraged to embody and the abuse many bear as a normal

I watched a Ted Talk documentary named Silent No More – Using Your Voice to End Violence Against Women by Andrea Menard. The video focused on violence against women and how women should not silent or blame themselves. I learned that one in three women will experience violence in their life. The type of violence will vary from sexual or physical abuse. The most common forms of abuse are sexual assault, sex trafficking, molestation, domestic violence, stalking, date rape, sexual harassment and murder.

Violence of any kind towards any woman, in my opinion is downright despicable and I feel on the equivalent of sickening as committing violence towards a child. No one should ever experience any pain like that but unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world and people hurt the innocent. In the book, The Cry of Tamar Pamela Cooper-White describes in her own words the various methods of violence perpetuated against women in particular. She breaks down her book into three parts with each part detailing different scenarios regarding violence against women. She mentions the use of pornography and its connection to violence in part one.

So I decided to take a look into what all women have negative toward them in a sense of violence. The first one I had come across that was new to me was that women are abuse and violated during childbirth. I had never even thought that would be a topic I found. But with the next topic I had found were women being abused by their male partners. That one was common and I had already known that topic because it’s so common now you see that a lot. These first two arguments came together because unplanned pregnancy leads to abuse by the male partner. With the third topic of homeless women ties into the second topic because women are violated and abused so they leave and then left homeless. The final argument was on public health how they have had increase in their job because of this violence towards women. So as you could see from the report women have violence toward them for just normal things you wouldn’t think they would. I won’t say that all women are victims yes there are men, but you hear more about women being hurt, mistreated, and/or even killed because of the violence. If we could just show women to never depend on having a male in their lives then possibly this violence towards women would go down a lot, but a lot of women rely on having male