“First, many members of the privileged group use violence to sustain their dominance. Intimidation of women ranges across the spectrum from wolf-whistling in the street, to office harassment, to rape and domestic assault, to murder by a woman’s patriarchal ‘owner,’ such as a separated husband. Physical attacks are commonly accompanied by verbal abuse of women […] Most men do not attack or harass women; but those who do are unlikely to think themselves deviant. On the contrary they usually feel they are entirely justified, that they are exercising a right. They are authorized by an ideology of supremacy.” ~ R.W. Connell, Masculinities
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:44:45 +0000
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015