SOC110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Misgivings, Black Market
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Immigrant women: the world, and are vulnerable to violence because they are less dominant. Women are economically marginalized compared to men in most societies around. The degree to which women are subordinate to men is associated with the. Note that the foregoing statements are more or less phrased: women have not. Since immigrant women (like men) typically migrate from less developed actually achieved equality in most cases countries to more prosperous nations, one may presume that immigration enhances their status. However, after they emigrate, women typically tend to face various barriers. Some barriers are imposed by their own cultural practices which justify women"s subordination; others are due to discrimination against women, immigrants, or both by the host society. In either case, they are also vulnerable to violence as women, and as immigrants. The abuse of immigrant women can take many forms.
