POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Junk Food, Honor Killing, Ageism
11 Apr 2017
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How does violence express itself: physical violence, emotional/verbal violence, addictions/destructive behaviors, self-afflicted violence. Women experience violence differently from men: physical/sexual/emotional violence, negotiating their ways out of difficult situations (sexual negotiation, self-affliction/addictions. Women in this sense perpetuate the values of the culture. Failure to satisfy the cultural norms may result in honor killings or they are subject to genital mutilation: honor killings exists within a broader context of misogyny (the hatred of women) The main concern of this attitude has to do with the fear of women"s sexuality. Relates to love, relationships, education, professional and other expectations. Women as a large group experience reality differently than men. However, the expectation to be a house keeping, raise the family etc. this does not change across cultures. Gendered lens: lived realities are different between men and women, division of labor what is monopolized but which gender, surplus and valuation of men and their work and devaluation of women (in their.
