NCJ Number
44903
Journal
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF CORRECTIONS Volume: 1 Issue: 4 Dated: (FALL 1977) Pages: 18-24
Date Published
1977
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN BY MEN AND MALE SUPREMACY IN A SEXIST SOCIETY IS DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THE DISCUSSION TOUCHES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN ON THE JOB, WIFE BEATING, SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILDREN AND ADULT WOMEN, AND ECONOMIC VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN. STATISTICS AND CASE EXAMPLES ARE CITED, AND CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN. VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN BY MEN IS SAID TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO SOCIETY'S SUPPORT OF MALE SUPREMACY REGARDLESS OF COST. ALTHOUGH ELIMINATING VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN HAS PROVEN DIFFICULT, PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. SHELTERS FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND ABUSED CHILDREN, RAPE COUNSELING SERVICES, AND A RAPE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED. LEGISLATION PROHIBITING VICTIMIZATION OF WOMEN HAS BEEN PASSED. THE NEED TO REVISE THE MALE-DOMINATED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS POINTED OUT. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO THE BASIC ISSUES INVOLVED IN WOMEN'S RIGHTS BE GIVEN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY SO THAT THEY MAY INFLUENCE POLICYMAKING. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).