Acer | Gender Violence | A case study on female infanticide and foeticide in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India | | Peace and conflict studies | Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Theory 3 2.1 Galtung’s violence triangle and structural violence and cultural violence 3 2.2 Gender Theory 5 2.3 Human rights 7 2.4 Women’s rights 8 2.5 Consumerism 10 2.6 Conflict resolution conflict transformation 10 3.0 Female infanticide and foeticide—background and case study 11
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conquered in order to successfully rear virtuous sons. In this play, this challenge is sidestepped by Cymbeline’s claim to motherhood. In Cymbeline, Shakespeare creates a familial fantasy within which the role of the mother is fully excised from the gender play of traditional Elizabethan parenthood, fostering purely masculine childrearing. Cymbeline takes on the role of the mother, embodying a purer space for child development that rids itself of the female body: the source of contamination to the ideal
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With that being said, it’s a shame that the boys are only really themselves in the absence of any girls. Amongst environments shared by both genders, boys are constantly peer-pressured to act immorally in order to abide by the ‘bro code’ – though not always in the form of words. They are socialized to feel that masculinity is determined solely by their ‘body count’. On the other hand, if a female
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‘C’mon PE (TE) it’s time to get changed for dance’ (Keyworth and Smith, 2003: 107). A small-scale investigation into the challenges faced by the teacher in teaching dance activities as part of the Physical Education National Curriculum, and the impact of the teaching upon the response of pupils in relation to learning. Use literature; autobiography, personal reflection, questionnaire and observation data; and unit materials to support your responses to the following: Some pupils are very
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dissertations, government publications and theses; accessed through journals, textbooks and internet. The chapter will end by giving an overview of approaches that paves the way for a clearer understanding of the research problem and identifies the knowledge gap this study seeks to fill. Women in Development (WID), Women and Development (WAD) and Gender and Development (GAD) approach will be discussed in relation to women access to land in Zimbabwe. 2.2. Customary law and land question For many people
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discrimination (age, sexual orientation, gender and race) in the labor market in the different countries all over the world. The results show that the skin color discrimination is the most widespread type of discrimination followed by the sexual orientation discrimination. Unexpected result was about gender discrimination which is the least likely in the EU but the evidence indicates that sex discrimination remains a possible explanation of the unexplained gender pay gap between men and women. Key
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definition of gender is the state or fact of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones). Often gender and sex are used interchangeably, but gender is socially constructed and sex is biologically determined. The word gender has been used since the 14th century but this did not become common until the mid of 20th century. In human societies sex differences are experienced as gender differences. Concepts of gender are cultural interpretations
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mercantile fashion. The converse is witnessed as well: mercantilism and business practice is also directed towards Fantomina throughout the story. In a male-dominated economic world, Fantomina eventually attempts to equalize herself with the opposing gender once her constructed “royal” or “noble” values are stripped away. As she does, the very language of the capitalist system is found throughout the novella. In addition, Fantomina begins to even treat her love for Beauplaisir as a mercantile venture
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autocratic in nature when compared to their counterparts, the women. This hinders the prior from breaking the co-operate glass ceiling. A study conducted over a number of firms located in United Kingdom reveals that promotion to a partner level is based on gender bias. The findings indicate that women were denied opportunities leading to partnership positions because senior managers perceived that women’s
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Female Circumcision Human Rights? We all have them, don’t we? That is the question I had to ask myself repeatedly while reading about this controversial issue. How far can or should you take the issue when dealing with cultural traditions? Over the past 3 weeks, I have done a lot of research on this topic and have found many things that I did not know. At first, when I read the two articles, honestly, I was more grossed out than anything. I did not really care; I just thought how weird
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