WGST 2P98 Chapter Notes - Chapter WGST 2P98, Week 4, Amber Dean, reading Note: Downtown Eastside, Presupposition

• School: Brock University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 2P98
• Professor: Sharlee Cranston- Reimer

Document Summary

Article in response to the many missing and killed women from the streets of vancouver. Unjust and uneven effects of urban poverty and neglect are deeply felt. State sponsored is something ordered by the state to be done. State supported (state inaction), where much is known of the problems but little is done. Officials are slow to react or to extend help. The issue of missing and murdered women is state supported in the sense that little caring, attention or speed to solving the issue is put forward by the state . How the deaths and disappearances are framed and understood by many is greatly led by media. Depending on how the media portrays the missing and deceased will contribute to the personal connection or lack of it to the stories by the general public. Without a feeling of personal connection little will be done about the issues. The issues will be viewed as just another .