Gender violence (GV) encompasses a variety of acts, often perpetrated against women, including physical, psychological, and sexual violence. While GV can result in criminal proceedings against the perpetrator, civil litigation can also be pursued to establish the presence of psychological injury and ...
Gender discrimination, rooted in an unequal distribution of power, has far-reaching consequences that affect every facet of society. Historically directed at women, gender discrimination manifests in a variety of ways, including restricted access to educational and employment opportunities, increased exposu...
studies ever on men's practices and attitudes as they relate to gender equality,household dynamics, intimate partner violence, health and economic stress.3 At the end of 2012, it will have been carried out in nine countries (including this study in DRC) with additional partner studies in Asia...
As Jan Brown, founder of the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men, said ¨domestic violence is not about size, gender, or strength. It’s about abuse, control, and power, and getting out of dangerous situations and getting help, whether you are a woman being abused, or a man.” . All ...
There are many impacts on a child when domestic violence occurs; short term and long term. These range from physical, behavioural and physiological effects which can be influenced by a number of factors like race, gender, disability, etc. Some of these effects are; physical injuries, withdrawal...
provides an overview of the current context, and highlights five protection risks ranging from attacks on civilians and on civilian infrastructure; gender and conflict-related sexual violence; denial of resources, opportunities and services; family and child separation; as well as deprivation of liberty...
Dating violencePerceptions of abuseAttitudes about abuseResearchers have yet to clarify what factors most strongly shape the quality of the psychotherapeutic relationship. This study investigated the effects of race match, gender match, and perceptions of therapists' confidence on both clients' and ...
of gender microaggressions women most often encounter, and how and when these microaggressions occur. We explore the negative impact that microaggressions can have on women’s work identities and how they can trigger a cycle of rumination and self-doubt that may ultimately result in women ...
An abuser might do several acts of physical harm. For example pushing, shoving, chocking, biting, hitting, and punching. Even though alldomestic violenceare severe. In my opinion mental abuse is pretty bad. It affects your brain, our everyday life, your self-esteem. Being called names, bein...
A study of the association of (Val66Met) polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene with alcohol dependence and extreme violence in Chinese males. Neurosci Lett 2005; 381: 340–343. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Groves JO . Is it time to reassess the BDNF hypothesis of ...