500 words - response in 10 hrs

WGS 3123

Social Justice and Social Change

Reading Response 5

Read Jackson Katz’ “Violence Against Women is a Men’s Issue”.

1. Why should rape be considered a men’s issue? (max. 200 words)

2. What was the impact of the battered women’s and rape crisis movements in the United States? (max. 200 words)

3. Why is it difficult to convince men to make gender violence issues a priority? (max. 200 words)

4. Why do some women explain away men’s bad behavior? (max. 200 words)

5. Why do men who disagree with the way that their peers talk about and treat women remain silent on this issue? What message does their silence send? (max. 200 words)

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Formatting

 12 point Times New Roman black font (no color!)  1 inch margins (or 2.54 cm)  double spacing  page numbers  proper tabs (0.5 inch or 1.27 cm)  no pictures, graphics, or tables are allowed  no “tracked changes” should be visible

Style

 present ideas in complete sentences and use proper paragraph form (i.e. no point form!)  use subheadings to differentiate each question/answer  answer questions in the order that they are listed  do not exceed the maximum word length for each section  no more than 10% of the assignment can be made up of direct quotes  if you include direct quotes, cite the material with the page number in brackets

Submission

 submit the document to Canvas under the dropbox option  the deadline is listed on the course syllabus  paper submissions will not be accepted  no extensions will be granted for this assignment