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Final Exam
Family
9
Sociology
Undergraduate 3
12/15/2010

Additional Sociology Flashcards

 


 

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Term
4 main types of family violence
Definition

dating violence

spouse/partner violence

child abuse 

elder abuse

Term
what defines abuse?
Definition
no definition
Term
cultural beliefs and responses about rape
Definition
cultural beliefs about gender, sexuality, and intimacy influence societal and legal response
Term
characteristics and legal issues with rape
Definition

-in the vast majority of cases the victim knows the attacker

-1 in 5 women are raped during college years but only 5% report it

-issue: is 2nd base rape?

 

Term
cobras
Definition

-criminal types

-hedonistic

-impulsive

-beat their wives and abuse them emotionally

-say that they are sorry after a beating and beg their wives for forgiveness

-psychopaths

-lack a conscious and are incapable of feeling remorse

-incapable of forming intimate relationships

-do not fear abandonment

-antisocial

-likelihood of drug and alcohol abuse

Term

pitbulls

 

Definition

-fathers were likely to have battered their mothers, and they learned that battery is acceptable

-not as likely to have criminal records

-emotionally dependent on their wives

-fear abandonment

-motivated by fear of being left

-capable of severe assault and murder

Term
explanations of spousal/partner abuse - ie: contributing factors
Definition

  • individual
  • social organization of families
  • power and family inequality
  • structural inequality
  • some properties of families make them more condusive to abuse

Term

History of laws/attitudes toward spouse/partner and child abuse

Definition

  • historically men have more power in families and are the master of families
  • built in gender power dynamic
  • same sex couples have abuse - but a little bit less than hetero couples
  • Roman law used to say that it was justifiable to kill your wife if she was drinking wine
  • rule of thumb used to say that you can beat your wife with a stick if its the same size as your thumb

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