WGSS 3998 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: World Health Organization, Honor Killing, Marital Rape

• School: UConn
• Department: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: WGSS 3998
• Professor: Chrystal Smith

Document Summary

According to the world health organization (who), gender-linked forms of violence share an underlying cause: the lower social status of women and the belief that women are the property of men (as cited in murphy, 2003, p. 208). Violence against women is inextricably bound to the social context of male domination and control. The patriarchal view of society gives men a higher value than women. It is taken for granted that men should dominate in politics, economics, and the social world, including family life and interpersonal relationships. Violence against women is an assertion of the power and control men have over women (white et al. , 2000). The status of women is strongly correlated with rates of violence against women across cultures (archer, 2006; vandello & cohen, 2006). In societies in which women have access to power and resources, there are fewer incidences of violence against women like wife abuse (rudman.