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'Patriarchy explains the widespread nature of violence against women'. Discuss with reference to particular societies.
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Essay Question * 'Patriarchy explains the widespread nature of violence against women'. Discuss with reference to particular societies. Violence against women has been very wide-spread for such a long time, with severity, that it has brought the rise to women liberation movement. Sociologists have been very concerned over this issue, especially with the radical rise in feminism. In this discussion, we will define patriarchy and with reference to particular societies, we will analyse violence in society, causes of violence against women in Britain and elsewhere, and see the many responses to domestic violence and the possible solution to resolve this wide-spread phenomenon. Radical feminists believe that men are responsible for the benefit from the exploitation of women. They define patriarchy as a universal phenomenon and that it is a systematic domination of females by males (Giddens A., 2001). They argue that the exploitation of women by men is due to the reliance...
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