Violence and Resistance Forum

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Choose either prompt one or prompt two to post on. When you make your two replies to fellow student’s posts, be sure that one of those replies is on the prompt other than the one you chose to post on. 

Prompt One: 

1. Chap 8 Intro: Suzanne Pharr “defines oppression as a norm that maintains its control through institutional and economic power, backed up by violence and the threat of violence” (336). Describe one institutional aspect of this violence, and one interpersonal aspect.

2.Reading 8.2 “The Scope of the Problem”: A) What was the most surprising/interesting thing you learned from this reading? B) What connections can you make with this reading from your own experience and/or knowledge?

3. External URL “One Billion Rising”: A) Describe one way intersectionality figures into the subject of this video. B) What was the most surprising/interesting thing you learned from the Jackson Katz video?

Prompt Two:

1. Chap 8 Intro: Suzanne Pharr “defines oppression as a norm that maintains its control through institutional and economic power, backed up by violence and the threat of violence” (336). Describe one institutional aspect of this violence, and one interpersonal aspect.

2. Reading 8.5 “Feminicidio…”: A) What was the most surprising/interesting thing you learned from this reading?  B) What point are the authors making where they discuss how little is known about the victims aside from the fact of their deaths?

3. External URL “One Billion Rising”: A) Describe one way intersectionality figures into the subject of this video. B) What was the most surprising/interesting thing you learned from the Jackson Katz video?