Domestic Violence, or spousal abuse, is one of the most appalling crimes in the criminal justice system. Domestic violence involves the abuse of an intimate partner through means of physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual aggression. When most people think of domestic violence, the most frequent thought is the husband, or boyfriend, battering their defenseless female partner. What people fail to realize is that domestic violence does not happen strictly between heterosexual couples, same sex couples can become victims of battering as well. They can suffer much more than heterosexual victims.
Speaking in terms of the male, he exhibits behaviour such as direct guarding, in which a male is especially vigilant to their mate in order to restrict her sexual autonomy. Retention strategies can also include violence against the woman either in physical or verbal form. In extreme cases, an unintended consequence of this evolutionary behaviour may be her death (uxoricide). The explanation of uxoricide as being a consequence of jealousy cannot account for the fact that younger women are at much greater risk of
Aaron Devor explores how these factors, gender behavior and various entertainments, potentially affect everyone in “Becoming member of society: Learning the social meanings of gender.” Not only do Kilbourne’s ads ridicule men by showing the obsession of males, but also the other two authors show how other modern society’s entertainments are meant to ridicule men and most importantly women with their acts of violence and sexuality. The males are the majority species that get hurt through music we hear and programs we watch, whereas advertisements hurt females. The entertainments substantially imply most men are violent, and the advertisements imply women as material objects. In A sense, men and women learning the consequences of violence and sexuality in daily life would help them to find a common ground with another built on respect and compassion because both genders are getting hurt
The factors that seem most likely to cause a violent incident are sexual jealousy, money and their partner’s expectations of the women’s housework or homemaking skills. There are reasons why women are more likely to be victims. Kathryn Coleman (2007) found that women were more likely than men to have experienced intimate violence across all four types of abuse- partner abuse, family abuse, and sexual assault and stalking. This was confirmed by Russell and Rebecca Dobash’s (1997) research in Scotland, based on
For Many years sexism has played a huge role in the United States, whether it is in the workplace or in private homes. Seixsm is the discrimation based on sex. Seixsm can be compared to rasicm; in both the differences between the two ( or more) groups are viewed as superior to inferior. An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused by their comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home. This fact has received a fair amount of attention lately from researchers and the press – and deservedly so.But the attention always focuses on the women: where they were when assaulted, their relations with the assailant, the effects on their mental health and careers, whether they are being adequately helped, and so on.
Próspero brings up previous theories that suggest masculinity could be learned by other genders, including women and even LGBT populations, especially if these traits were valued in that society (such as excessive aggressiveness)(2008, 640-641). In his study, he found the gender of the perpetrator had effects on the type of intimate partner violence (644). Erbaugh makes another crucial observation when she remarks, “Isolation is a central tactic of abuse.” (453). The abusers take away the victim’s support network, encouraging co-dependence and leaving them nowhere to turn, socially, physically, economically. Not only is this abuser their familiarity, but they will be forced to give that up frequently for nothing familiar.
Serial killers are rarely thought of as women. Perhaps this fallacy is based on the stereotype of women being delicate and sympathetic. For these barbarous killers, often the pretense of nurturing minimized any and all suspicions, but these women are just as immoral as their male counterparts. Patriarchal society is, by definition, male-centered, male-identified, and male-dominated (Johnson 24). Within the notion of male domination is the approval of male violence to implement male domination (Hooks 48).
To be able to work on understanding his sexual inappropriateness, Bradley will first need to recognize how it affects others and be able to view his behaviors from the victim’s point of view. It may be helpful to create role plays with Bradley to be able to fully show him the impact of his actions. Also, it would be beneficial to provide Bradley with healthy sexuality and sex education classes. This is due to helping Bradley create positive cognitive processes about sexual
Despite what the myth of stranger rape dictates, initiators of sexual assault are often personally connected to victims. Many myths specifically surround male-perpetrated sexual assault against women. Such statements include that women often lie about sexual assault and that women's choices of clothing, ways of walking, and habitats are reasons for their assault. There are also several myths about males' experiences of female committed sexual assault. It is often assumed that the offenders of sexual aggression against males are male, which is not always the case.
Body Paragraphs—Rough Draft The aftermath for the hate crime survivors against gays can include major effect on their psyche. Many of those who have suffered from such crimes have developed depression, stress, and anxiety disorders, in addition to having anger issues and feelings of being vulnerable because of the fact that they are a homosexual. Even the ones who may not have been victims may still have fears about coming out to others about their being gay and be ashamed of what they are because of the hate crimes they have seen or heard on other gays in their community. According to a study that Dr. Gregory Herek, a Professor of Psychology at UC Davis and also its main investigator stated that based on his findings, “Lesbian and gay