Chapter 13 - The Gender Of Violence Flashcards
How does testosterone levels relate to violence?
Testosterone levels only rise after violence, encouraging more violence.
What does Talcott Parsons speculate male violence’s cause?
That men are violent as a demonstration of power.
What are the main causes of male violence?
- Ideal of manhood as the fierce warrior
- Public leadership is associated with male dominance, both of men over other men and men over women
- Women are prohibited from public and political participation
- Most public interaction is between men
- Boys and girls are systematically separated from an early age
- The ritual celebration of fertility focuses on male generative ability, not female ability
- Male economic activities and the products of male labour are prized over female
From what criminal charges are women most often charged of?
Fraud, theft, and prostitution.
How disproportionately represented are Indigenous women in the prison system?
Indigenous women represent 33 percent of the Canadian prison population.
Has crime by women increased or decreased since feminist ideals began?
It has decreased on a steady decline since the 1800s.
True or false: Female offenders of viscous crimes like homicide and sexual assault are close in numbers to male offenders.
False. Female offenders in Canada of such violent crimes are barely represented. But when they do commit, they can commit to the same violent levels as men (ie use of weapons etc).
What are the differences between male and female homicide offenders?
Male:
* more likely to kill an acquaintance
Female:
* more likely to kill a family member
* less likely to kill with guns
How do male and female children differ in how they perform violence?
Boys are much more likely to use direct aggression (physical or verbal abuse), and girls are more likely to use indirect violence (talking behind someone’s back, manipulating, indirect verbal abuse)
What demographic is highly represented in performing school shootings?
White men.
What happened in the Montreal Massacre of 1989?
A male shooter identified feminism as ruining his life and was his motive for shooting the school. He targeted women and killed 14.
Who are the second most targeted group by school shooters?
Women, especially women who have rejected the male shooter in any way.
How are attractive women versus attractive men treated?
Attractive women are significantly more likely to be targeted with violence by their peers, the opposite is said for men.
Define gender symmetry.
The concept that male to female violence is equal in numbers to female to male violence.
True or false: Violence against women declines during and after divorce or separation.
False. The increase is dramatic with much more violence against the woman. In the US, 76% of assaults against women happen in this period with a male perpetrator almost all of the time.
