Unit 11 Flashcards
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Gender-Based Violence in the Mid-20th Century
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- Violence against women & the commission - a missed opportunity, as it only focuses on childcare
- Domestic Violence or IPV is portrayed as a women’s issue or a private issue in the home
- There is a reluctance to call out this issue (“On whose authority would you take this man?”), based on social and culture norms
- The man’s rights matter and women’s rights for safety in her own home are often ignored (Violence? I don’t see any violence?)
- The show doing the mambo on the moon demonstrates 2nd wave fem ideas (push back of traditional gender roles) and frames it as being funny or trouble makers (feminist killjoy), putting new ideas into ppl’s heads
2
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Advocacy against IPV
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- Advocates pave the way to sheltering survivors, but they are often running at capacity and there remains a need for advocacy
- A safe space, a bed, and consciousness-raising different ways to think about gender roles and violence & reframing their lives
3
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Advocacy against IPV - Advances of the 70s and 80s
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- In 1982: IPV was a laughing matter in Canada, when Margaret Michael attempted to discuss it and got laughed at
- Members of the Parliament had to apologize the next day
- In 1983, IPV and marital rape became criminalized
4
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Advocacy against IPV - How about today?
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- Women usually experience more severe injuries and consequences
- When women are fleeing this is when it is most dangerous and they are usually married and w kids
- Gender challenges to escaping violence also create barriers, like finances
5
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Indigeneity, Gender & Violence
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- Indigenous women are targeted by white men and it comes to show how colonialism impacted rltnships between men and women w/in Indigenous communities
- “That’s a lot to survive”
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (royal commission, 2016, published in 2018)
- reclaiming power and place is a global issue not limited to Canada
6
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Is Feminism Finished in Canada? - Abeyance structures
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- Formal/ informal
- help maintain movements when the political climate is inhospitable and allow for continuation
7
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Is Feminism Finished in Canada? - Generational overlap
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- Passing of the torch
- Feminism as a movement has not worked
8
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Is Feminism Finished in Canada? - Coalition building
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- groups who don’t see themselves as the same, but have shared interests to work together
- Fluid and flexible
9
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Is Feminism Finished in Canada?
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Its maintenance, protection and promotion is seen and enacted through different kinds of movements
