Addresses the many forms of global violence against women and shows how the psychology of individuals, institutions, and societies perpetuate the oppression of women. In this eye-opening study, the author asserts that institutionalized definitions of masculinity and femininity, along with the social and economic inequality among the sexes, help perpetuate the daily and deadly violence against women all across the world. This second edition of a classic work examines the latest discussions on gender relations, including the current debate over whether prostitution and pornography should be…mehr
Addresses the many forms of global violence against women and shows how the psychology of individuals, institutions, and societies perpetuate the oppression of women. In this eye-opening study, the author asserts that institutionalized definitions of masculinity and femininity, along with the social and economic inequality among the sexes, help perpetuate the daily and deadly violence against women all across the world. This second edition of a classic work examines the latest discussions on gender relations, including the current debate over whether prostitution and pornography should be deemed inherently violent and the role of western countries in the global response to violence against women.
MARY WHITE STEWART is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D Program in Social Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches and writes in the areas of gender, family violence, social psychology, and deviance. She was the jury consultant for the plaintiff in the Mahlum v. Dow Chemical case.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgments ONE: Introduction TWO: Lenses on Violence: Seeing Assaults against Women THREE: Cultural Support for Violence against Women FOUR: The Construction of Violence against Women as a Social Problem in the United States FIVE: Just Tryin' to Make a Livin' SIX: Real Victims, Reasonableness, and Rape SEVEN: Corporate Violence against Women EIGHT: Trafficking NINE: Traversing Global Borders for Sex TEN: Military Violence against Women in Historical Perspective ELEVEN: It's Just a Different Culture TWELVE: Conclusion Index
Preface Acknowledgments ONE: Introduction TWO: Lenses on Violence: Seeing Assaults against Women THREE: Cultural Support for Violence against Women FOUR: The Construction of Violence against Women as a Social Problem in the United States FIVE: Just Tryin' to Make a Livin' SIX: Real Victims, Reasonableness, and Rape SEVEN: Corporate Violence against Women EIGHT: Trafficking NINE: Traversing Global Borders for Sex TEN: Military Violence against Women in Historical Perspective ELEVEN: It's Just a Different Culture TWELVE: Conclusion Index
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