Question

What are the principal forms of violence against women? According to the World Health Organization, how prevalent is violence against women on a world scale?

What are the main reasons why men commit violence against women? And what are the main reasons why women commonly remain in abusive relationships?

Describe the patriarchal and ecological perspectives on violence against women.

Compare the radical feminist perspective and the liberal feminist perspective regarding what must be done to reduce and eliminate violence against women.

250-word minimum; no maximum

Answer 1

Simone de Beauvoir gives the reason for subordination to men by traditional women is that our own perception is the main cause of violence. He also states that women are equal and essential part of the society and can do anything like men can do but they are not capable to form or organize as a group that can support and stands for their interest and rights. The main reason for this is the flaws and lack of our community, society and work ethics.

Most cases of rapes and violence against women go unreported due to the sensitivity of issues.

1. Social pressure

2. Family pressure.

3. Lack of justice.

4. Fear of humiliation.

5. Lack of support by society.

6. Threatened by the rapist.

Rape and violence against women are one of the crimes those are unreported in most of the conditions. But due to social reforms, women movement, and campaign against the sexual violence towards women and children, conditions are improving.

Factors that make violence and rape an important issue on the in society are:

1. Alcoholism

2. Peer pressure

3. Attitude towards women

4. Campus parties.

5. Sex addiction.

In order to reduce the rapes, it is very necessary to increase social awareness and seriousness of the issue.

It is widely accepted fact that in most of the educational and other institutions there are many discrimination like racial, cultural, socio-economically, and gender bias present.

For example, In many Asian countries, girls are not allowed to go to the schools or continue their further study.

Gender bias is also very common in western developed countries.Due to it, women lack I the opportunities as compared to male students.

According to Marion Young, it is impossible to make the analysis of oppression n the form of the singular category of morality. Rather it contains many different structures.

It consist violence,exploitation, powerlessness, marginalization, imperialism(cultural).

Oppression is not only immoral but also unethical and it prevents people to get their rights and it prevents them to get the opportunity.