Key-words: sexual assault, masculinity, abuse, hierarchy, battering, unemployment, households, divorce, welfare, shelters, rape, inequality, marital rape, gang rape, dominance, degradation, abortion, homophobia, contraception, etc…
Key-phrases: emphasized femininity, hegonomic masculinity, patriarchal terrorism, common couple violence, domestic violence, Roe v. Wade, Hyde Amendment, “pussy-whipped,” etc…
Key-names: Laura O’Toole, Jessica R. Shiffman, Lorena Bobbitt, O.J Simpson, Nichole Brown, Ron Goldman, Michael P. Johnson, Tracy Thurman, Mary Stewart, Patty Murray, Diane Scully, Larry Baron, Murray A. Straus, Dr. David McDowell, Jenny Jones, etc…\
Key-ideas: Interpersonal violence is a way of lashing out against inequality. There are many factors that account for domestic violence, such as cultural beliefs, upbringing, and stress. Not only this, but economic status comes into play as well; lower income families are more likely to commit these domestic acts of violence. The main focus of this chapter is examining the empowerment that people feel over others by committing act of violence against them, due to their gender, sex, orientation, ethnicity, or status.
Questions and quotes:
- “Sexual violence is related to cultural attitudes the power relationship between women and men, the social and economic status of women relative to the men of their group, and the amount of other forms of violence in the society” (259).
- Should we invest more taxpayer dollars in providing welfare for these battered victims?
- How would you describe the victims of domestic violence? Are they abused because they are weak? Or are they victims of circumstance? Why do women that are abused by their husbands continue to stay with them?
- Here is an interesting link: http://www.humboldt.edu/~mpw1/violence/
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