CRM/LAW C100 Lecture 7: C100 Lecture 7
11 May 2017
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Society is organized around male dominance and female subordination that is reproduced in virtually all social settings, including the family. Characteristics of patriarchal organization facilitating intimate partner violence - gender. Greater access to resources for men nd devaluation of women. Weakening of moral restraints against violence against women. Abuse of women is an inevitable consequence of their subordination: Respond violently when male privilege is threatened, eroded, or taken away. Intiate violence within gay and lesbian relationships as common as in heterosexual relationships. Controlling tendencies of one partner associated with violence against the other partner in such relationships. If patriarchy is the source of male violence against women, how can patterns of control and violence in same-sex relationships be explained? https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=yvhckw6v7n8. Legitimization of violence: hanging, gas chamber, electric chair, gurney, police brutality. Circumstances under which violence is tolerated, normalized, or condoned increase the chances of violence spilling over into other social settings.
