Feminists on why men commit crimes against women

Question 1

What do men do to women in a patriarchal society?

Answer 1

Oppress them

Question 2

Name a secondary socialisation agent where discrimination could occur

Answer 2

The workplace

Question 3

Why does Johnson call domestic abuse patriarchal terrorism?

Answer 3

Women do not know when the next domestic attack will occur

Question 3

What did Johnson say?

Answer 3

The family is a major site for women’s oppression

Question 4

What does Johnson call domestic abuse?

Answer 4

Patriarchal terrorism

Question 5

What did Dobash and Dobash say about why domestic violence exists?

Answer 5

Men have the view that they have the right to discipline their wives

Question 6

How can women be oppressed in the family?

Answer 6

By family members emotionally abusing them

Question 7

Name a victim survey that suggests women are more likely to experience domestic abuse

Answer 7

CSEW

Question 7

Name an act where a man feel he will need to discipline his wife

Answer 7

If they have not cooked dinner

Question 8

What does recent victim survey evidence show about men committing crimes against women? What is this due to?

Answer 8

They still commit crimes against women due to patriarchy

Question 8

Who argues the gender divisions in labour work makes women go to the domestic role?

Answer 8

Dobash and Dobash

Question 9

According to 2020 CSEW Data, how many times more likely are women to experience domestic abuse?

Answer 9

Twice as likely

Question 10

What did Dobash and Dobash say is the result of women being in the domestic role in terms of dependence?

Answer 10

They are dependent on their husband

Question 11

Name a type of family structure beneficial for a women in a postmodern society

Answer 11

One where a woman is the breadwinner

Question 11

What did Walklate try to find in victim surveys?

Answer 11

Why female domestic violence victims did not leave their partners

Question 11

What did Stacey say?

Answer 11

Women have more freedom to make their own family structures

Question 11

What did Walklate find in terms of where to go after leaving?

Answer 11

Women had nowhere else to go

Question 11

What would Postmodernists say about women leaving abusive relationships?

Answer 11

It is much easier for them to leave in a postmodern society

Question 11

What did Walklate find in terms of who was to blame for the violence?

Answer 11

Women blamed themselves for the violence they experienced

Question 12

Why is it financially difficult for women to leave their husbands sometimes?

Answer 12

The woman does not have their own income

Question 12

What did Walklate find was a threat to leaving their husband?

Answer 12

They could lose their children

Question 13

What did Stacey find many women do with the housewife role?

Answer 13

They reject it

Question 14

What concept did Messerschmidt create?

Answer 14

Hegemonic masculinity

Question 14

What is hegemonic masculinity?

Answer 14

The form of masculinity that most men will follow

Question 15

Name 2 behaviours of men under hegemonic masculinity

Answer 15

Being strong and assertive

Question 16

What will it mean if men wish to enforce hegemonic masculinity traits in a relationship?

Answer 16

They are more likely to commit domestic abuse

Question 17

What did Messerschmidt say will happen when men feel they are losing control over their partner?

Answer 17

They will resort to domestic violence

Question 18

How can hegemonic masculinity enforcing apply to why some men kill their partners?

Answer 18

They are losing control of their partner but the loss of control has not happened because of someone else

Question 19

What would Right realists argue about the choices of people to commit crimes?

Answer 19

They are rational

Question 19

Which theory did Clarke create?

Answer 19

Rational Choice Theory

Question 20

What does Rational Choice Theory say about the costs of committing crime in the modern day?

Answer 20

The costs are low

Question 21

What does Rational Choice theory say about why people will usually commit crimes?

Answer 21

The reward outweighs the cost

Question 22

What does it mean if the costs of committing crime are low?

Answer 22

People are less likely to be prosecuted

Question 23

What does it mean for the cost of committing Domestic Violence?

Answer 23

The cost is low

Question 24

What do Right Realists argue would happen to crimes like DV if there were more harsh punishments?

Answer 24

It would happen less

Question 25

What form of policing does Clarke argue there should be?

Answer 25

Zero-tolerance policing