Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rape Culture, Child Abuse, Trunk Space
22 Nov 2017
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Lecture 8: purple light campaign awareness for family violence and support for the individuals affected. Victoria park has a purple light and people have purple lights on their porches to signify that they stand with us. I(cid:374) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), (cid:449)e do(cid:374)(cid:859)t look at family violence equally as serious: greater abuse to women and children in family abuse, most recent form is elder abuse, most common form of family violence is sibling violence. This is emotional abuse: story her husband threatened to kill her dog if she left hi(cid:373). He felt like she (cid:272)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t leave because she knew that they would hurt her animal if she did something to anger him: wheel demonstrates a variety of violence/abuse which can be experienced by individuals. 16 of them were relatively free of family violence (18%) There was less family violence where family like was characterized by cooperation, commitment, sharing and equality. Societies that had more family violence looked like a north american society.
