Gender Discussion
Student’s Name
Institution
Gender Studies Discussion
Concepts synthesis — what are the essential terms, concepts, and ideas for the week?
The concepts introduced in this chapter are exciting and worthy attention from all perspective. The critical term is gender which discussed emanating from the imbalance of that exist between men and women. Another important word is rape shield laws which usually protect women by disallowing their sexual history to be included in any trial. The chapter draws our attention to the 1994 violence act, which targeted to preserve and guard the dignity of women. The other key idea contained in this discussion is the term bullying. The law forbids any form of bullying that we directed towards women and anyone else who might perceive as weaker. The scope of bullying covers both physical or verbal acts that perpetuate any form of bullying. This threshold of regulations also protects the rights of children. International Violence against Women Act of 2020 defines the various strategic foreign policy aimed at protecting and guarding the rights of women. On the matters of rape spectrum, all sexist behaviours that demean the dignity of women are analyzed and condemned. The term backlash is defined as the resistance to the advances made by women and other disadvantaged groups. Consent sex and altruistic sex are also well evaluated in this chapter.
Reading specifics — which 2 or more sections of the reading stood out to you and why?
One section that stood out in this week lesson which and was very interesting to me was the study on anti-LGBTQ violence around the world. I learnt that the many people in this category go through a lot of discrimination, and they depend on the work activists and CBOs to access justice and defend their rights. In most countries, the LGBTQ group face a lot of pressure due to entrenched societal values and are seen as rebel and deviates. What made me admire this topic is to learn that the CBOs are always at the forefront to provide services, and the majority of them have established formidable strategies aimed at protecting the LGBTQ family against violence. Due to this progress, existing data have shown that state-sponsored violence and hate crime have reduced drastically in the majority of the countries around the globe.
Connection to outside material — what materials from outside of class do you see this relating to? Please remember to provide a URL link to this outside material.
Another material that related to this week’s lesson was an article by The World Bank tilted, “Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls.” The material shared relevant information on forms of violence meted on women and girls. This material demonstrated that 35% of women in the world had been met by physical, verbal or sexual violence either by their partners, relatives or other civilians. In the world statistics about violence on women, 7% of women experienced sexual violence from people who are not their partner. The material also explains that an intimate person orchestrates 38% of murders related to women. In addition to that, the data shows that approximately 200 million women have experienced female circumcision (FGM). This resourceful material is accessible on this URL- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjm_ITj7NjsAhXaTxUIHWQlACkQFjALegQIChAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbank.org%2Fen%2Ftopic%2Fsocialsustainability%2Fbrief%2Fviolence-against-women-and-girls&usg=AOvVaw06LoFSAOrUoHM6xEUecnXY
Questions for your peers.
I believe that this week’s lesson has answered many questions that have been pondering in many of us, and this the various concepts discussed here will act as an eye-opener to us. I feel that it is the right moment for all of us to stand up and defend the rights of women the marginalized and the weaker societal group. Women and other underprivileged groups must be given a space in the society to speak out their voices. In this regard, I pose two questions to my peers; How can we enforce and promote the rights of women? What other ways can help in protecting women and girls in society?