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sigelphoenix at 12:59pm on 27/04/2007 under anti-racism and racial privilege, feminism and sexism, school, sexual violence and harassment, women and violence
sigelphoenix at 12:59pm on 27/04/2007 under anti-racism and racial privilege, feminism and sexism, school, sexual violence and harassment, women and violence[This is part of my series on Women and Violence, which I am writing as a project for a Women Studies course I'm taking. For an explanation and information on my intentions with this series, please see the introduction.]
One of the most insidious ways of normalizing and justifying gendered violence is by tying it to tradition. By portraying perpetrators as if they were enacting the accepted practices of a culture, those in power position victims of violence not only against their victimizer, but also against the weight of a culture's history. Additionally, "tradition" is a popular buzzword that protects a practice from interrogation, hiding it behind a shield of maintaining history or honoring ancestors.
( Where that leaves women )
x-posted to Shrub.com
One of the most insidious ways of normalizing and justifying gendered violence is by tying it to tradition. By portraying perpetrators as if they were enacting the accepted practices of a culture, those in power position victims of violence not only against their victimizer, but also against the weight of a culture's history. Additionally, "tradition" is a popular buzzword that protects a practice from interrogation, hiding it behind a shield of maintaining history or honoring ancestors.
( Where that leaves women )
x-posted to Shrub.com
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