CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Sam Groth, Feminist Theory, Femicide
25 Oct 2013
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Violent crime: brain injuries, mental illness, abnormal brain wave patterns, low intelligence, psychotic symptoms, etc, a lot is unknown about brain (we don"t really know what effect certain things will have) Family dysfunction: family violence, physical and sexual abuse, physical punishment, inconsistent discipline, family violence: being victim or witness to violence can get us to recreate thos epatterns (as victims and perpetrators) Drugs: alcohol increases aggression, trafficking creates disputes. Underground economies regulated through violence: addiction creates need for money. In canada, 14 000 gun-related deaths over 10 years. Women were viewed as property of men, until about 1920s. Rape was an offence against the father or husband, not against female (damaged goods) Rape diminished the value of wife or daughter. Canadian and american military: 1970s: women enter military, complaints of sexual assault in 1990s. Rape has long been associated with warfare. Women were considered to be the spoils of war: vietnam, bosnia, africa.
