viernes, 17 de junio de 2011

Women are at increased risk of sexual violence, as they are of physical violence by an intimate partner, when they become more educated and thus more empowered. Women with no education were found in a national survey in South Africa to be much less likely to experience sexual violence than those with higher levels of education. In Zimbabwe, women who were working were much more likely to report forced sex by a spouse than those who were not. The likely explanation is that greater empowerment brings with it more resistance from women to patriarchal norms, so that men may resort to violence in an attempt to regain control.

The likely explanation is that greater empowerment brings with it more resistance from women to patriarchal norms, so that men may resort to violence in an attempt to regain control.

A lo mejor lo que pasa no es que las mujeres se vuelvan desobedientes, sino que, sencillamente, esos hombres no soportan sentirse inferiores a sus mujeres, y como los hombres asocian inferioridad del tipo que sea con impotencia, intentan recuperar su autoridad de la única forma que saben y pueden, o sea, demostrando que la polla se les sigue empalmando tanto que con ella son capaces de cualquier cosa y demostrando además, en última instancia, que no sólo son efectivamente inferiores a sus mujeres, sino que, además, su existencia es tan miserable y tan repugnante que no merece ser tenida en consideración.

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Rudo Curtir dijo...

Creo que tienes razón en una gran mayoría de los casos.