Lesson 1026 of 1524
Violence Against Women
Violence against women is a worldwide problem, and some populations are at a higher risk.
Practice this chapterViolence against women is a worldwide problem, and some populations are at a higher risk. To understand and prevent violence against women, theories have been developed and integrated into the health-care and legal systems.
Intimate partner violence can include physical, financial, and sexual violence. The perpetrator’s aim is to control the partner by any means possible.
violence against women — any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or…. sexual violence — continuum of sexual activity that covers unwanted kissing, touching, or fondling; sexual coercion; rape; and control of the outcome of a pregnancy and the forbidding of…. age-related rape — also known as statutory rape; occurs when one sexual partner is below the age of consent, determined by each state. acid attack — premeditated attack in which acid is thrown on someone to torment, hurt, burn, and disfigure them.
Worked example
What does “violence against women” mean in Violence Against Women?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for violence against women.
- 2The book says: any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or….
- 3Do not use the meaning of sexual violence. That term means continuum of sexual activity that covers unwanted kissing, touching, or fondling; sexual coercion; rape; and control of the outcome of a pregnancy and the forbidding of….
Result: any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or…
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for violence against women.
Do not swap violence against women and sexual violence. violence against women means any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or…. sexual violence means continuum of sexual activity that covers unwanted kissing, touching, or fondling; sexual coercion; rape; and control of the outcome of a pregnancy and the forbidding of….
Practice margin
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A fresh set from this chapter only. Choose 10 or 20. Multiple choice and fill-in, with no repeat inside the set.