Annotated bibliography
"Gendered Hierarchies of Violence." Bulletin of Latin American Research, vol. 28, Mar2009 Supplement 1, pp. 110-134. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1111/j.1470-9856.2009.00327.x.
Women meet sexual violence in their everyday life. Indeed, violence toward women is taken-for-granted or in other words men believe that violence is normal and natural. Violence is contributed by gender power relations and in this case, men have the power to control women in social and political setting. The author of this article asserts that male dominance is rooted from the ideology that men tend to create gender identities and follow the ideology that without violence they cannot control behavior. In societies, ‘dominant gender constructions’ influence violence in that when men have the dominance, they belief that they have certain norms and values which should control women.
Lako, Wani Tombe. "Gender Difference Masquerading as a Tool for Women Oppression in Cultural
Discourse." Ahfad Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, June 2004, p. 4. EBSCOhost
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According to Lako, culture is important in the society but in all cultures there is gender inequality. Women are subjected to inequality and they are vulnerable to sexual violence in the society. In culture discourse, gender difference creates a patriarchal society where women become vulnerable of suffering due to male dominance. The appalling thing with patriarchy is that women are denied opportunities to move forward since they are regarded as inferior and their rights are also violated. In private and public spheres, men have absolute priority and the difference in power relationship makes women to become subordinate.
Basile, Kathleen C., et al. "Disability and Risk of Recent Sexual Violence in the United
States." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, May 2016, pp. 928-933. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.303004.
Sexual violence is a health problem and women are more vulnerable than men. Studies have also confirmed that women with disability are at a greater risk of sexual violence in U.S. These women are affected mentally, intellectually and physically and this means that disabled women face double oppression. In social setting or in work place, disabled people get little service provision and the management undervalues their social needs. Various study show that women with disability have greater risk than men and this shows that women are forced to unwanted sex. Despite the fact both disabled men and women should have equal rights, women are more discriminated than men.
Kalichman, S. C., et al. "Sexual Assault, Sexual Risks and Gender Attitudes in a Community Sample of
South African Men." AIDS Care, vol. 19, no. 1, Jan. 2007, pp. 20-27. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1080/09540120600984003.
The issue of women oppression as explored in the poem is all over the world. The literature helps us understand the lives of women and the various challenges they meet while under male dominance. Kalichman et al (20) assert that HIV-AIDS is the leading cause of death in South Africa and women death rate is high given that 13% are infected compared with men 9%.The reason as to why the number of women is higher than men is that women face sexual violence than men.
