HONR 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, The Takeaway, Dowry
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Uses issues of domestic violence (like marital rape) to test the responsiveness of the human rights framework to women"s concerns (p. 505) Brings up faults in current way of thinking about human rights. Underreported instances of domestic violence in india --> silenced or discouraged from speaking out (mocked) Types of violence that promote gender inequality, put women down socially and promote patriarchy: Examines oppression and errors inherent in general formulations of the family" and argue for changes in international perceptions of women"s rights in order to address domestic violence (p. 506) Public and private sphere division terminology is problematic --> not equal in weight and very gendered. Very easy to violate human rights in the private sphere because those violent actions are protected by familial association. Seeing the state as the only power automatically makes domestic crimes seem not crimes at all because the state is not being violated in any way.
