Domestic violence by Luz Mª Luceno

This video shows what usually think the members of a family in which there is domestic violence

One woman is victim of abuse when...

In pairs:

Classify these behaviours in one of the five kinds of abuse we have commented.

1. She is insulted and put down alone or in front of her children or family.
2. She is denied access to money or is only given money for her household expenses
3. She is prevented from working or studying.
4. She’s not allowed to go out if she doesn’t say where she’s going
5. She is kept away from her family and friends
6. She is pushed, injured, punched, burned,…
7. She must act in the way that he wants forgetting her own feelings
8. Nobody listens to her or takes her opinion into account
9. She is forced to have sex against her will
10. She is blamed for everything that happens
11. She is treated like a little girl or disabled person
12. She must guess everything he thinks, wants or needs

Gender Violence- Definition and kinds

GENDER VIOLENCE- Definition and kinds

Violence against women is one of the most tangible manifestations of the economic, social, political and cultural inequalities that exist between men and women. Violence against women constitutes a violation of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, manifesting itself in numerous forms.

There are five types of abuse:

1. Physical: This type is the most evident and includes any act that is not accidental that causes or can cause damage to the woman’s body. For instance: slapping, punching, beating, cutting, injuring, burning, killing…

2. Psychological: This includes all behaviours which damage self-esteem or cause emotional suffering in a woman: threats, humiliations, forced obedience and trying to convince the victim that she is always guilty. Also: insults, controlling all exits of the house, public humiliations, putting down, controlling money, physical abuse of pets, isolating.

3. Sexual: In this form of abuse the abuser forces the victim to have sex against their will.

4. Economic: This occurs when the victim doesn’t have access to her money because the abuser controls it, even if she is economically independent.

5. Social: This consists of the abuser isolating the woman from her family and friends by not allowing her to see or contact them. He might also force her to move far away from the city where they lived.

Gender Violence: Definitions and kinds

My Oedipus Complex Vocabulary

 1. Alleged: Accused guilty, put not proven

2. Amiable: To have a friendly and pleasant manner

3. Cajoled: to persuade by flattering or promising

5. Convicted: To prove guilty

6. Curios: A small, rare, interesting object

7. Demonstrative: Openly and freely show your feelings and emotions

8. Divert: To change from one direction to another

9. Guffaw: A loud burst of laughter

10. Gush: To flow out in large amounts

11. Incredulous: Not able to believe something

12. Indignity: An insult to one's pride

13. Intercession: To help settle argument between 2 people

14. Notion: A belief about something

15. Placid: Not moving much

16. Pretense: An act that looks real but is fake

17. Pummel: To beat with fists

18. Regiment: An army unit made up of several large groups of soldiers

19. Rummage: Big and Long Investigation

20. Scheme: A clever plan to do something

21. Sinister: Evil in appearance

22. Skirmishes: Brief fight during a war

23. Snivel: To cry in an annoying way

24. Terrace: A flat area next to a house

25. Vexed: Difficult to deal with

26. Wrenching: Sudden and violent pull or twist

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