WGS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Finding Dawn, Nuclear Family, Structural Violence

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How and when dominant ideas about gender and violence came to the fore in the. How the concept of intersectionality allows feminists to think about violence and gender in more complex and comprehensive ways. Series of issues wage gap and violence against women. Violence is beginning to be talked about. The personal and the political -- issues that are affecting in a personal way. Linked gender, patriarchy and violence (3 concepts) -- Challenges that it is a personal problem b/w partner (relationship abuse) Both working, the pay gap less than partner and can"t support self and children. (ideas of gender and gender differences are embedded in social construction men is breadwinner) Man, sexually assaulted his wife and if they were married, that wasn"t illegal because men has a contract with marriage (access to wife"s body) Bill c-127 effect 1983, allowed women to speak that they were sexually assaulted in their marriage. Allows to make connections b/w personal and political.

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