Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women

Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Jun 2, 2006 - Political Science - 253 pages

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.

Contents

• PERSPECTIVES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HISTORICAL METHODOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL: 3
• THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS THAT PREDISPOSE WOMEN TO VIOLENCE: 23
• VIOLENT PRACTICES: 51
• FEMICIDE INFANTICIDE AND FETICIDE: 53
• FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING CLITORIDECTOMY FEMALE CIRCUMCISION FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OR RITE OF PASSAGE: 69
• SEXUAL VIOLENCE: 93
• SEXUAL SLAVERY: 115
• TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: 135
• INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: 151
• HONOR KILLING: 173
• CONSEQUENCES AND POSSIBILITIES: 189
• THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 191
• WORKING TOWARD A WORLD WITHOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 201
• REFERENCE LIST: 209
• INDEX: 239

Bibliographic information

• Title: Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Authors: Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2006
• ISBN: 0742545792, 9780742545793
• Length: 253 pages
• Subjects: Political Science / Human Rights; Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy; Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science / Reference; Social Science / Violence in Society; Social Science / Women's Studies