Define gendered violence, and discuss the ways in which society normalizes gendered violence. Your essay should identify three specific social foundations or institutions that allow or encourage both women and men to regard certain kinds of gendered violence as normal or acceptable. Include concrete examples.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Gendered violence is defined as physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and visual brutality that is inflicted disproportionately or exclusively on members of one sex.
Social institutions that the textbook outlines are: family, law enforcement, and language. Media is also a factor.
It is important for students to not answer that gendered violence is solely motivated by individuals and for them to offer specific examples.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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