Brewster, Anne; Kossew, Sue (2019). Rethinking the Victim. Gender and Violence in Contemporary Australian Women’s Writing
This book is the first to examine gender and violence in Australian literature. It argues that the literary texts of […]
Baker, Carrie N. (2008). The Women’s Movement Against Sexual Harassment
This book tells the story of how a diverse social movement brought sexual harassment to the public agenda in the
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Lawless, Elaine J. (2001). Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment Through Narrative
This book explores how women who have experienced male violence can find a path to healing and empowerment through storytelling.
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Aesthetic violence
Put forth by Naomi Wolf in The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women (1991), this is
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Ageism
Attitude of contempt, discrimination and/or exclusion towards a person or group on the basis of their age. This applies especially
Aggressor
Person who commits aggression. The word perpetrator is also used to refer to someone who, by means of their actions,
Androcentrism
Male-centred view of the world and culture. It gives men a central or leading role in historical events, to the
Aesthetic violence
Put forth by Naomi Wolf in The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women (1991), this is
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Consent
Institutional definitions relate consent to permission, acquiescence, common approval and the deliberate, conscious and free agreement to take part in
Cryptogyny
A synthesis of the Greek words crypto (to hide) and gyné (woman), this neologism was proposed by Begonya Pozo and