One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. ... It is also said that the media reduces women to a collection of body parts through pornography (Christensen 1990:74). ... The reason is a simple one; society considers certain body parts to be "shameful" or disgusting and once again, the media can be "let off the hook". ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... To address the arg...

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One should consider females who pin-up posters of male rock stars or children who collect hockey or baseball cards. ... It is also said that the media reduces women to a collection of body parts through pornography (Christensen 1990:74). ... The reason is a simple one; society considers certain body parts to be "shameful" or disgusting and once again, the media can be "let off the hook". ... Similarly, it is pornography in the media that is noticed and shunned by anti-pornographic and censorship organizations because it seemingly singles out females for their bodies. ... To address the arg...

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After having one drink it takes approximately one hour for your body to burn off the alcohol. ... Your BAC is based on your body weight, how much you have had to drink, the amount of food you may have eaten before drinking, the length of time over which you have had alcohol, and the speed at which your own body processes alcohol (once again, everyone is different). ... I placed this statement here, because I personally believe that men, such as myself, should be aware on how alcohol effects a "male's ability to perform". ... For women, the most serious risk factor for injury from domest...

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However, in the 1970s this term acquired its feminist meaning when Kate Millet used it to describe male domination over women (LeGates, 2001: 12). She stated that "every avenue of power within society -military, technology, university, police etc- rests in the hands of males" (LeGates, 2001: 12). ... From birth, women were trained to be subservient to male authority (LeGates, 2001: 14). ... Women were vulnerable to male violence ranging from sexual abuse, wife beating and rape to culturally enforced heterosexuality (LeGates, 2001: 17). ... Justifications of women's subordination were expl...

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Since last few years the stove burning and throwing Acids on women body appears to be a most insane domestic violence upon women in Pakistan. ... Pakistan is one of those countries who signed these declaration but the existing cultural practices and male dominant society don't adopt women friendly policies so easily. ... She was not allowed to meet her parents, one day when her mother came and insisted to see her, she didn't get the permission and on this act Sabira khan was set alight, she was burns 60% of her body but survived. ... The factor involve behind throwing acid on a women...

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So instead of conceptually isolating the phenomena, we shall consider oppression to be the wider term, and take violence to indicate, the actual exercising of or the perpetuation of those oppressive roles which are dictated by the male-dominant values of society. ... This paper attempts to look into the levels of such contradictions, and those processes through which the perpetuation, imposition and internalisation of male–dominant values occur. ...

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Sexual abuse - Being touched in/on an intimate place of the body or being forced to have sex or watch sexual pictures or videos. ... In the case of sport, the denial of abuse and, increasingly sexual abuse, comes from a set of characteristics that are based around sport :- That sport is a morally pure category of behaviour That fair play is a concept applicable to children/players rather than coaches That sport is a site of justifiable male privilege over females That in the main, sport organisations are apolitical and should remain so That sexual matters in sport are taboo ...

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This paper will examine the extent of alcohol-related violence and some of the ways in which the Government and local bodies are addressing the issue. ... The BCS (2000) identified males' aged 16-29, visiting licensed premises regularly and with high levels of alcohol consumption as most likely to be victim of a violent assault. ... This sharing of information has only been possible since the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 which allows public bodies to share information if aimed at reducing crime and disorder. ...

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Until only recently in our nation's history, women in the United States were subject to male violence and had little to no recourse or any means of achieving justice. ... This theory is not accepted by most researchers and does not address the large number of assaults lacking reproductive consequences because they involve oral or anal penetration or victims who are prepubescent or male. ... Another assumption in the offender-related theory is that Physiology and Neurophysiology traits such as hormones, chemicals in the body, head traumas, or brain abnormalities can cause offenders to be...

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In Snow White, the wicked queen told her hunter to take her stepdaughter into the woods and cut out her heart because she was more beautiful than her. Even Mother Goose's in "Old Woman in the Shoe" whipped her children soundly and sent them to bed without any bread (Straus, Gelles & Steinmetz, 1980...

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Other notable forms of sexual harassment that take the verbal form include making sexual insults or jokes and comments describing the sex life or the body of a person. ... Male chauvinism is, therefore, to blame for the widespread violence against women since it entails the promotion of inequality based on someone's gender. ...

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Alzheimer's Disease is relentlessly destroying the brains and lives of our nation's older adults, robbing them of memory, the ability to reason, and affecting their emotions and behavior. Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain. The longer we live the greater the risk; "nearly 10...

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Battered Wife Syndrome is a psychological condition of a wife stemming from prolonged emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse from their spouse. It is better known as Battered Woman/Person Syndrome, widening the scope of the definition to apply to more cases with similar outcomes. A diagnosis of this nature usually arises after the abused person in question injures or kills their spouse, the abuser. In the trial following an event where the battered wife attacked and/or killed her abuser, it is sometimes questionable as to whether or not Battered Wife Syndrome is a justifiable reason to harm ...

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