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portada Ordinary Violence: Everyday Assaults Against Women Worldwide
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2014
Language
English
Pages
488
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781440829376
Edition No.
2

Ordinary Violence: Everyday Assaults Against Women Worldwide

Mary Stewart (Author) · Praeger · Hardcover

Ordinary Violence: Everyday Assaults Against Women Worldwide - Mary Stewart

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Synopsis "Ordinary Violence: Everyday Assaults Against Women Worldwide"

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.Contains the most recent research on trafficking, mail order brides, and comfort womenExplains the roles of power, inequality, and gender hierarchy in violence against womenExamines the belief system behind institutionalized violence, including such acts as honor crimes and dowry deathsLinks current forms of violence with relics of the past―foot binding, comfort women, and charity girls

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