POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: White Feathers, Sexual Assault, The Features
3 Feb 2016
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The features of the international system impact men and women. The argument that the phenomenon that we see at the international level are replications of phenomenon we see in male dominant society every day. Patriarchy male is the top person in the family, making it unequal. International system hierarchy ordered, certain countries are the top. Violence at the lowest level is replicated at all of the other levels. differently. Example: the argument that over the course of the 20th century as many as 80% of refugees were women and children (that figure is contested un gives a much lower figure). War for women is sexualized much more than it is for men. Abu ghraib scandal men were victims of sexually degrading actions. Sexual assault or rape, against men against soldiers or civilians are not unheard of but are rare in ware zones. Rape has been used a deliberate weapon against women as a matter of policy.
