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Title: Violence


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Violence
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Domestic Violence
  • As a society, we expect the family to
  • Nurture
  • Protect
  • Guide
  • Provide
  • For all its members
  • We believe that a good family is the basis of a
    good community life, a strong Nation.

3
Domestic Violence
  • We, as a community, have a responsibility to
    acknowledge that the family is not a safe haven
    for many women and children
  • That some of the greatest dangers lies in the
    home itself.
  • Many people are unaware or underestimate the
    extent of domestic violence in our society.

4
Domestic Violence
  • The more common myths about domestic violence
    revolve around conceptions of types of abuse.
  • Its prevalence
  • Why it happens
  • Why women stay
  • Why men abuse

5
Domestic Violence
  • Research has consistently demonstrated that
    overwhelming majority of those subjected to
    domestic violence are women.
  • In 93 - 97 of cases the abusive partner is
    male.

6
Causes of Domestic Violence
  • Unequal power relationships between men and
    women.
  • Domestic violence is one manifestation of
    oppression that is institutionalized by
    inequality.
  • It is part if a systematic practice that has its
    roots in, is maintained by all the structural
    inequalities confronted by women.
  • These include womens place in the sex segmented
    workforce
  • Barriers to womens economic independence
  • Inadequate housing for women who leave violent
    relationships
  • Barriers faced by sole parents

7
Domestic Violence
  • This has consequences for the way men and women
    relate to each other, with a presumption that
    women are inferior.
  • Inequality in relationships has the effect of
    giving greater power to men over women
  • Power that is frequently exerted through violent
    behaviour.

8
Hestia House
  • This is a safe house for women and children.
  • You can go with or with out children
  • You can go any time of the day.
  • They will help you with things

9
Movie
  • A Love That Kills

10
  • So when do the gendered differences start and how
    are they perpetuated?

11
Study
  • In a study of grade 7 8 students in the US
    researchers found that males are more involved in
    physical bullying, whereas females use more
    covert forms.
  • However the rates of bullying seem to decrease as
    the students mature.

12
Types Frequency of Bullying During the Past
School Year
  • Bullying Behaviour
  • Physical s
  • Never 306 67.7
  • Sometimes 97 21.5
  • Often 49 10.8
  • Threats of Harm
  • Never 349 77.2
  • Sometimes 73 16.2
  • Often 30 6.6

13
Types Frequency of Bullying During the Past
School Year
  • Mean Teasing s
  • Never 225 56.3
  • Sometimes 157 34.7
  • Often 41 9
  • Name Calling
  • Never 225 49.8
  • Sometimes 166 36.7
  • Often 61 13.5

14
Types Frequency of Bullying During the Past
School Year
  • Exclusion s
  • Never 307 67.9
  • Sometimes 112 24.8
  • Often 33 7.3

15
Location Frequency of Bullying
  • In Class s
  • Never 94 20.7
  • Sometimes 274 60.4
  • Often 86 18.9
  • At Lunch
  • Never 92 20.3
  • Sometimes 255 49.5
  • Often 137 30.2

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Location Frequency of Bullying
  • On the Way to School
  • s
  • Never 294 64.8
  • Sometimes 120 26.4
  • Often 40 8.8
  • On the Way Home
  • Never 164 36.1
  • Sometimes 196 43.2
  • Often 94 20.7

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Bullying Behaviours Reported as Occurring Often
by Gender
  • Male s Female s
  • Physical 25 49 26 51
  • Threats of harm 26 65 14 35
  • Name Calling 27 44.3 34 55.7
  • Mean Teasing 22 53.7 19 46
  • Exclusion 14 42.4 19 57

18
Conclusion of the Study
  • The authors concluded that recent acts of school
    violence have shown that bullying can no longer
    be considered just a part of growing up.

19
Bullying
  • A person is being bullied when he or she is
    exposed repeatedly over time, to negative actions
    on the part of one or more other students.
  • Students are being bullied when
  • Another student says nasty things
  • When a student is hit
  • When a student is kicked
  • When a student is threatened
  • Locked inside room
  • Sent nasty notes
  • When no one ever talks to him/her

20
Bullying
  • Bullying is a long standing violence, physical or
    mental. Which is conducted by a group and
    directed against an individual who is not able to
    defend himself in the actual situation.

21
Is Bullying the same in Males Females?
  • A Study has shown that there was no significant
    sex difference between males and females.
  • Non-Aggressive Group.
  • 73 of boys and 78 of girls
  • Overly Aggressive Group
  • 15.6 of boys and .4 of girls
  • Aggressive Group
  • 2 of boys and 17.4 of girls

22
What is happening in the schools to perpetuate
the bullying environment?
  • Social Climate
  • The social climate of the school will influence
    the students engagement in aggressive
    behaviours.
  • Teachers Attitudes
  • By failing to promote respectful interactions
    among students or speaking out against teasing
    and other behaviours consistent with bullying

23
What is happening in the schools to perpetuate
the bullying environment?
  • Community Factors
  • Communities are rich environments that foster
    many different organizations
  • Churches
  • After School Programs
  • Sports Teams
  • They can partner the schools in tackling bullying
    among adolescence.

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What You Can Do
  • Become informed about Domestic Violence
  • Dont let other people condone Domestic Violence
    by
  • Challenging the myths
  • Dont let people make jokes, because they are not
    funny and the reinforce cultural ambivalence
    about domestic violence.
  • Take action to make sure that people in your
    community know about the issue
  • Join local domestic violence support groups
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