SOC 502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Symbolic Interactionism, Sibling Abuse, Elder Abuse
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Sibling abuse the same, they see sibling rivalry, but there is based on age/gender/birth order/looks. The reason it doesn"t get reported because parents believe they treat all the children. Parents don"t recognize power relations, they don"t want to get involved and see it mother"s as training grounds as they think it will help the children learn to fight their own battles in the real world. Toddlers fight over material possession, toys, and parental attention especially. Adolescents fight over personal space and privacy, chores, family obligations. Female siblings are discouraged to use physical violence and tend to use emotional, verbal and psychological violence. This is the way to get your way, doesn"t look at verbal, psychological abuse. Don"t look at sibling abuse, male sibling abusing a female, its power-control theory. Feminist and how a sibling who has been abused, abuses a less powerful sibling as a way to gain control.
