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Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

Parrot, Andrea
Cummings, Nina

Hardcover

General Political ScienceSocial MovementsWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0742545784
ISBN13: 9780742545786
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Jun 8 2006
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.12
Language: English

Women around the world routinely suffer from beatings, rape, torture and murder. These are not the practices of a few demented individuals, but are often institutionalized, culturally-sanctioned behaviors. Millions of women live in a constant state of isolation, terror and fear; for most, escape is nearly impossible due to economic, social, or cultural restrictions. Forsaken Females describes the many types of global brutalization that occur against women: including feticide, infanticide, female genital mutilation, sexual slavery, honor killing, acid attacks, trafficking, dowry death, rape, and intimate partner violence. The violence is varied in both method and practice and is often supported by patriarchal ideologies or policies that maintain the social conditions and cultural framework that accept women's brutalization.

Forsaken Females also addresses the physical, emotional and economic impact of the violence. The discussion is structured around the experiences of women who describe their personal victimization. Each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence perpetrated against women.

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