ENGD80H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Sexual Fluidity, Genderqueer, Social Exchange Theory
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Forms of violence because one is a woman, or sexually fluid, or differently abled, or racial other, or colonial subject; or some or all of the above. Violence describes different behaviours in the context of higher education; emotional, sexual and physical assault, murder, stalking, sexual harassment, online and social media bullying and any form of unwanted sexual contact. The university of toronto"s policy on sexual violent and sexual harassment policy. There is no real international effort, and it has to be on a larger scale. Prevention is at the beginning; it stops the action from even occurring. Theories explaining violence against women or gender-based violence: Social learning: individual learn how to behave through both experience and exposure to violence. Personal/individual characteristics: psychopathological explanations of violent behaviour (mental illness, personality disorder) Biological and psychological: due to natural selection, pressure on men to reproduce combined with attemps to find sexual partner; leads to rape.
