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Module 04 “Gender Violence in the U.S.”
Photo: Mia Fermindoza; African American Policy Forum, 2015
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Women as breadwinners Woman running food stall, New Delhi, India. Photo: Burhaan Kunu, Hindustan Times, 2017
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
Violence and Male Dominance
White nationalists kick a protester in his head. Charlottesville, VA, August 2017. Photo: Jason Andrew/Splinter
A member of the Taliban's religious police beating an Afghan woman in Kabul, 2001.
Image: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
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Underreporting of Violence against Women in the U.S.
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Intimate Partner Violence by Race/Ethnicity, United States, 2011
Source: Women’s Policy Research Center
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
Image: Brad Crowfoot Photography, 2016
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Rape law of the Muscogee (Creek) nation, 1824.
“And it be farther enacted that if any person or persons should undertake to force a woman and did it by force, it shall be left to woman what punishment she should satisfied with to whip or pay what she say it be law.”
(Waring, cited by Deer, 2005)
WST 4930 | Dr. Moura-Koçoglu
After completing Module 04, you will be able to:
§ Define intersectionality (Crenshaw).
§ Determine in what ways an intersectional approach is crucial for an analysis of gender-based violence (Crenshaw).
§ Define intersectionality (Crenshaw).
§ Evaluate intersecting systems of oppression, the diversity of identity categories, and toxic masculinity in increasing vulnerability to gender violence.
§ Identify the multiple obstacles for women of color to report violence and/or seek help and support (Crenshaw).
§ Explain the connection between gender violence and the assertion of male power and control (Kimmel).
§ Define the concept of sexual terrorism (Sheffield) and assess its impact on women’s lives, and society in general.
§ Examine why being an Aboriginal person in Canada exponentially increases the likelihood to become a victim of violence.