There are many instruments used to perpetuate male power (particularly rich, white, male power). Among the instruments used to perpetuate male dominance is male violence against females or the “privilege” of men to oppress women (Hooks 50). Among the feminist interests of U.S. ideology is termination of this violence. Living within a male-dominated system that suppresses women; can one rationalize women using murder as a counter to assault? The story of Aileen Wuornos was of specific interest to the feminist movement.
Another one was when Sofie was asked to drink something that made her dizzy, and then afterwards a man forcefully raped her. Psychological violence, on the other side, occurs when someone uses threats and causes fear in you to gain control. This was shown when Juanita threatened Javier, Aaron’s friend, to work for her and take part in the illegal immigration operation. Meanwhile, emotional violence occurs when
Impact of Globalization Derra Gibler Western Governors University Abstract Globalization as the influence of modern nations over non-developed or traditional peoples has affected indigenous peoples the world over. I will discuss two such examples of the impact of globalization, the Aboriginal peoples and European settlement and the Spanish Imperialism of the Philippine Islands. The Europeans had a direct impact on the Aboriginals as they landed on an inhabited continent and claimed it as though it was theirs by right. They saw Aboriginals as enemies and as the settlers had modern guns were better armed for the conflict. Not all settlers considered themselves enemies of the natives but sought to better the lives of the natives and so had a second unintentional effect of introducing disease for which the natives had no immunity (Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 2011).
Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History by Karl Jacoby is a book that explores a massacre of Apache tribes people. The book highlights the clash of American, Mexican, and tribal cultures in the US West and borderlands. By incorporating the perspectives of several groups of people who were involved in the massacre Jacoby is able to give voice to those perspectives which are often forgotten, providing new insight into the Camp Grant Massacre. Equal time is put into each side, revealing that there are more shades of grey in this event than commonly believed. There are many connections between Shadows at Dawn and the course, including the influence of European contact on the indigenous population as well as the deconstruction of stereotypes that have existed in the national history of the United States and Mexico.
This displays the knight’s hostility and disrespect for women. Through course of law, King Arthur condemned the knight to be beheaded. Traditionally rape was a crime in which justice would be served in the form of capital punishment. After the protests and sorrowful pleas of the queen and her ladies, Arthur puts the knight’s life in the hands of the queen. Differing from Wife of Bath’s Tale, Lanval, the story of a well-respected, but often envied knight is a victim of circumstance.
Different view of Killing Custer In the book “ Killing Custer: The Battle Of The Little Bighorn And The Fate Of The Plains Indians”, the author Welch uses anthropologists, military records, recorded interviews to prove his point of “The battle of Little Horn”. Beginning with Welch’s search for answers to the questions How? and Why? for his ancestors’ deaths at the Baker Massacre on the Marias, Welch goes on to explore the stories and search for answers to The Battle of the Little Big horn. Killing Custer represents Welch and Stekler’s examinations of personal narratives, the frequently contradictory anthropological evidence, the cultural background of the Plains Indians, the economic and political situation in America at the time, and the stories behind typically empty textbook narratives.
The people to benefit from this attitude towards diversity were the Northern European ethnic immigrants. This created frustration for people of color as they could emulate how the white behavior but could not get past the issue of color. Melting Pot: in 1908 this perspective came into play. The melting pot perspective is one of which stating that settlers to America need not relinquish their entire racial or ethnic heritage but that all ethnic differences would balance into a dominant American culture. This idea “deemphasized differences and emphasizes instead the need to disregard diversity and accept immigrants as Americans as long as they learned to speak English and became citizens.
The documentary “After the Montreal Massacre” presents us with a fragment of our society that is difficult to contemplate. When one person, acting alone can inflict so much death, suffering and grief finding a theory that explains everything is complex. The feminist explanations of crime are relevant to this case and help to explain some of what happened that day and also try to uncover what measures can be taken to prevent violence like this from happening. The cold blooded murder of these fourteen women by Marc Lepine is an extreme example of the violence women all over the world face in their lives. Domestic violence, sexual assaults, rape and discrimination, situations most women encounter in one form or another, at some point in their lives.
Monique Arrigotti Professor Valenzuela WNST 335/ 12:00pm MWF October 11, 2011 Gender Role’s Abuses: Masculinity, Femininity, and Domestic Violence Within Tar Baby and Woman Hollering Creek Thesis Statement/ Main Argument: Society’s enforcement on gender roles especially within the context of a culture’s idea on what it is to be masculine (the manly man) and what it is to be feminine (the girly girl), draws the fine line that can be easily crossed when misfortunes of domestic violence arises as projected in Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby and Sandra Cisneros’ Women Hollering Creek. Abstract: Those who enforce the ideas of masculinity and femininity either by example or teaching, especially when it is prevalent within the agent’s culture and society, often overlook the problem of gender roles. The issue with this is that it subconsciously imposes ideas that follow within the context of masculinity and femininity such as the inequality of women and the patriarchy that ensues. This easily translates into one of the direct causes of domestic violence. Without the wisdom of what gender roles are actually reinforcing within men and women, domestic violence continues today.
. . changes to the Act granted the government greater powers to move Aboriginals and expropriate their lands for the purpose of non-Aboriginal use” (para.10). Some of the key amendments during this time period were: 1885- Prohibition of several traditional Aboriginal ceremonies, such as potlatches. According to Paul Tennant (1991) “the importance of potlatches to the Aboriginal peoples was that it served to legitimize political rank and authority, that is, to validate the rightful possession of prestige and the use of chiefly power and influence”.