Women as Victims of Crime
Women as Victims of Crimes
Elisha M. Snead
Women in Crime
April.24, 2012
Gender violence is a prevalent problem worldwide, touching all aspects of women’s lives from the home to the workplace to the street. Efforts to understand the nature global extent of violence against women are recent activism and building on gender violence is in a period of fast development. In this paper I will discuss what violence against women is, signs of abuse, I will also discuss the increasing violence against women, the types of violence against women, laws on violence against women and getting help for violence. What is violence against women one might ask? Webster’s dictionary defines violence as and exertion of physical force as to injure or abuse; an instance of violent treatments or procedure; turbulent or furious and often destructive action; injury by or as if by distortion, infringement or profanation. (According to Schuler, Margaret. Freedom from Violence. New York City. Helene Chan. 1991) A narrow view of violence may define it as an act of criminal use of physical force, violence also includes exploitation, discrimination, unequal economic and social structures, the creation of an atmosphere of terror, and other forms of religio-cul-tural and political violence. Margaret also states, while violence against women is part of general violence found in social structures such as class, religion and ethnicity, it also encompasses aspects of structural violence and forms of control and coercion exercised through hierarchal and patriarchal gender relationships in the family and society. Helen also states women specific violence functions to keep women where they are that is in the house and powerless, Lacking resources and emotionally dependent on their male counterparts.
It can be hard to know if you 're being abused. Most women don’t see the signs of abuse because they have been living in abuse for so long. There are signs that your spouse may be abusive such as
Elisha M. Snead
Women in Crime
April.24, 2012
Gender violence is a prevalent problem worldwide, touching all aspects of women’s lives from the home to the workplace to the street. Efforts to understand the nature global extent of violence against women are recent activism and building on gender violence is in a period of fast development. In this paper I will discuss what violence against women is, signs of abuse, I will also discuss the increasing violence against women, the types of violence against women, laws on violence against women and getting help for violence. What is violence against women one might ask? Webster’s dictionary defines violence as and exertion of physical force as to injure or abuse; an instance of violent treatments or procedure; turbulent or furious and often destructive action; injury by or as if by distortion, infringement or profanation. (According to Schuler, Margaret. Freedom from Violence. New York City. Helene Chan. 1991) A narrow view of violence may define it as an act of criminal use of physical force, violence also includes exploitation, discrimination, unequal economic and social structures, the creation of an atmosphere of terror, and other forms of religio-cul-tural and political violence. Margaret also states, while violence against women is part of general violence found in social structures such as class, religion and ethnicity, it also encompasses aspects of structural violence and forms of control and coercion exercised through hierarchal and patriarchal gender relationships in the family and society. Helen also states women specific violence functions to keep women where they are that is in the house and powerless, Lacking resources and emotionally dependent on their male counterparts.
It can be hard to know if you 're being abused. Most women don’t see the signs of abuse because they have been living in abuse for so long. There are signs that your spouse may be abusive such as
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