what does gender have to do with violence against women
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csweeney/WA/April 2012
Celia Sweeney
30 t h April 2012
WHAT DOES GENDER HAVE TO DO WITH V IOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN?
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Physical difference between boys (men) and girls women)
SEX
Spheres of influence
Gender is learned behaviour
Family, friends and peers
Different roles and identities male or female.
External factors
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Economically• Women’s work doesn’t have the same value as men’s
• Unequal pay
• More women work part- time than men
• Cost of childcare prohibits access to work
Environmental - Gender factors
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Marginalised economyIn the workplace
• Access to promotion limited – long hours culture
• Men taking women's ideas
• Assumptions made about commitment and decision-making ability
• Sexual harassment
Environmental - Gender factors
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Marginalised economy
In the workplaceEducation & Learning
• Access and choice
• Doing well educationally has not yet shifted occupational segregation
Environmental - Gender factors
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Marginalised economy
In the WorkplaceEducation & Learning
Media
• Women are not seen as world leaders
• Discrimination against women over a certain age
• Sexualisation of women/girls
Environmental - Gender factors
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Marginalised economy
In the workplaceEducation & Learning
Media
Worldwide
• Poverty
• Males valued over females
• Trafficking / sex slavery
• Rape as a weapon of war
Environmental - Gender factors
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EconomicallyIn the workplace
Education & Learning
At home
Media
Worldwide
Environmental - Gender factors
• Family, friends, peers
• Impacts on the way we see, inter-react and relate to people and the world
• Different roles and identities that we are given depending on whether we are male or female.
• Education; Employment; Media and Place
Social
Cultural
Environmental
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Can be filled with respect, mutuality, honesty and love.
Has emotional (intelligence) that makes for a good partnership.
When the partnership is no longer workable: Agree to disagree Accept the need to dissolve
partnership.
Can be fil led with the ugliness of power, control, distrust, dislike and even hate.
Fear / distrust becomes the glue or purpose that keeps the partnership going.
Fear of losing the partnership – the loss of material things, the loss of success, and the inability to survive independently.
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