Study Guide 9 Flashcards
One of the most widely known gender issues in current times.
Gender-based violence (GBV)
Variety of gender-based violence (5)
- Sexual harassment
- Intimate partner violence
- Sexual violence or assault
- Sex trafficking
- Cultural practices that perpetuate GBV
Is any act of violence towards a person based on her or his biological sex or gender identity.
Gender-based violence (GBV)
They tend to be disproportionately more at risk and harmed by gender-based violence.
Women and girls
Is any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favor, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of of a sexual nature.
Sexual harassment
Critical word for sexual harassment
Unwelcome behavior
It refers to the behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual, or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviors.
Intimate partner violence
It means someone forces or manipulates someone else into unwanted sexual activity, without their consent.
Sexual assault or violence
Most common forms of sexual violence (2)
- Rape
- Incest
Is a form of human trafficking or modern-day slavery, in which individuals perform commercial sex activities through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.
Sex trafficking
killing of female newborn infants
Infanticide
Piercing, cutting, removing, or sewing close of a female’s external genitals.
Female genital mutilation (FGM)
Cycle of Violence (4)
- Tension-building Phase
- Explosive Phase
- Reconciliation
- Honeymoon Phase
Victims of abuse during this phase sometimes say they feel like they are walking on eggshells.
Phase 1. Tension-building phase
It is in the phase that injury is most likely to occur or that the police might come.
Phase 2. use of Violence or Explosive Phase
After the explosion, the abuser feels sorry for the explosion and acts apologetic and loving.
Phase 3. Honeymoon Period
Major Factors associated with violence (4)
- Individual-level factors
- Relationship/family-level Factors
- Community-level Factors
- Society-level Factors
An act declaring sexual harassment unlawful in the employment, education, and training environment.
Philippines’ RA7877 or the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995
An act defining gender-based harassment in streets, public spaces, online, workplaces, and educational or training institutions and provides measures and penalties.
Philippines’ RA11313 or Safe Spaces Act
Approved by the UP System Board of Regents in 2017, this is the university’s policy regarding sexual harassment and is an improved and/or expanded version of 1998 UP IRR or RA 7877.
UP Ash Code
It is when women are killed simply because they are women.
Femicide