GRSJ224/objectificationofwomenleadingtoviolence

With the significant amount of media covering women, who are found dead and killed by their partner. Violence in women have become a very personal yet global matter that has become more prominent in the public-eye. According to the United Nations, violence in women is defined as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

Statistics

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A 2012 survey found that 67% of all the surveyees know at least one woman who has encountered domestic or sexual abuse Between 1980 and 2012, there have been 1181 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women Aboriginal women are found to be 6 times more likely to be killed, in comparison to a non-Aboriginal woman

In a 2007 study, researchers surveyed a population of more than

For example, women 16 to 24 years of age are nearly 3 times more vulnerable to IPV than women in other age groups

In a recent online survey conducted by Fass, Benson, and Leggett (2008), 35.2% of the respondents reported being victims of IPV at least once during college.

In an environment where the bodies of girls and women are locations for violence, particularly SV and IPV, girls and women tend to experience the body as belonging less to them and more to other people

References

Davidson, M. M., & Gervais, S. J. (2015). Violence against women through the lens of objectification theory. Violence Against Women, 21(3), 330-354. 10.1177/1077801214568031 Impett, E. A., Schooler, D., & Tolman, D. L. (2006). To be seen and not heard: Femininity ideology and adolescent girls’ sexual health. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 35(2), 129-142. 10.1007/s10508-005-9016-0