WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Homicide, General Social Survey, Paul Bernardo

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1F90
• Professor: Jenny Janke

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Key terms & concepts: misogyny, rape myths, rape culture, conceptually accurate language, femicide, social vulnerability, symmetry in violence. 7: exposing these rape myths has been part of feminist acivism at both the grassroots level as well as in the academy, violence against women reinforces tradiional gender norms, as well as maintaining inequality between genders. Acts that result, or are likely to result, in physical, sexual and psychological harm or sufering to a woman, including threats of such an act, coercion or arbitrary deprivaion of liberty whether occurring in public or private life. Moreover, health canada suggests that the impact of violence on women"s health is signiicant: Violence is a major factor in women"s health and well-being. The measurable health-related costs of violence against women in canada exceed . 5 billion a year. These costs include short-term medical and dental treatment for injuries, long-term physical and psychological care, lost ime at work, and use of transiion homes and crisis centers. htp://www. hc-sc. gc. ca/hl-vs/pubs/women-femmes/violence-eng. php.