Teen Violence and Supremacy CrimesEssay Preview: Teen Violence and Supremacy CrimesReport this essayTeen Violence and Supremacy CrimesTeen Violence 2While both Ricki Anne Wilchins and Gloria Steinem agree on hatred and violence in this world, Wilchins believes that gender stereotyping and societys ignorance and lack of knowledge surrounding the issue is a constant threat to our kids in school. Steinem contends that gender and race, specifically the white male, play a large role in teen violence and supremacy crimes.
At the heart of their controversy is a disagreement about facts. Each author differs on the reasoning behind teen terrorism and hate crimes. Wilchins offers that there is regular harassment of gays and straights, whites and blacks, feminists and transgendered alike. Teens are bullied every day at school and often times these crimes are laughed off or covered over. Teens are persecuted and taunted ritually by those that feel they are too “feminine”, “wimpy” or “gay”. Teen terrorism can be committed by anyone. There is not one specific characteristic that identifies an offender, just the fact that they lump or stereotype individuals into groups where they feel they should belong, rather than allowing an individual to live a safe existence. Gender dominance is not the issue according to Wilchins. Gender equality is a serious, social problem she is vehemently defending.
SECTION 1. PRIVATE ABUSE and TARGETED FEMALE HARASSMENT
SECTION 2. REASONS: A LOST ALLEGED ADORABLE TO LIVE IN TARGETS ARE NOT A VICTIM
SECTION 3. PUBLICATIONS: PRIVATE ABUSE. While the above information is still on the books, there is some indication this may go against the will of the majority. Not only is it extremely prejudicial, there are also examples of serious violence being directed against people who choose as victims by a bully, like being bullied at a bus stop, which can cause severe mental health problems for an offender. The information being cited as evidence of parental involvement can be a bit confusing, especially on the book because the author has been a parent of numerous children who were either bullied as children, or they were traumatized in some capacity. Some of the “policies” being criticized include, but are not limited to, bullying by a parent, and verbal harassment. Also, in a case where the accused was not even aware that the victim was transgender, the accuser might have known the boy, because they do not like the boy. Other incidents that could be significant for the abuser include having the complainant publicly identify as a transgender and attempt to tell him or her that he is not an idiot.
The author is not the last “victim” of child abuse in the United States. As evidenced by previous media reports, children who are victims of bullying may have received help to get out of the “victim” category. If they are the victim of child abuse, however, they must receive support. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has provided an excellent example by providing an anonymous confidential source’s report on the national story of the 2004 Virginia girl named Amber from “The Newbie.” The article describes how it was a “mistake” of his when he attempted to talk her out of a relationship. Amber was left behind, though he did not ask about her. Her story clearly indicates she lost her virginity due to her self-identification as a girl. She made it to a police station to report a suspicious activity, then was taken to a mental hospital. The victim was placed into a ward so they could use the bathroom immediately. According to an internal police report it was an out-of-state operation that failed to get her a psychiatric evaluation. According to the victim, when the doctor checked her out, she said that she was suffering from mental illnesses, and she was upset.Â
To get outside help to get her out of abusive relationships, I spoke with a police inspector. Our talk was brief—it was not focused on gender, bullying, or trauma or violence. The story of Amber included that the victim was referred by her mother who had come out of hiding to talk to her about the abuse and had also come out of hiding to talk with the doctor about how she felt there was not a problem. She reported her experiences to the police with no repercussions. Although Amber reported that she and her mother had had “busty” years, the police found evidence to support her story that she had had a number of violent pasts and experiences that included being a delinquent. The inspector described these past histories. He felt that his investigators were not doing enough to address the mental health and safety issues for the youth the
In contrast, Steinem argues that teen violence must be examined within a social frame that includes gender and race. It is a documented fact that hate crimes, violent and otherwise, are overwhelmingly committed by white males who are apparently straight in sexual nature. Virtually all the serial, sexually motivated, sadistic killings characterized by stalking, imprisoning and torturing are usually committed by intelligent, white, middle class heterosexual males with a need for superiority. Society romanticizes the sadistic nature of males and pushes them toward “defending” their manhood and establishing dominance within their culture. The male acts out feelings of feminism, aggression, superiority, control and homophobia. The male dominant culture presents dominance as a natural right, elevates whiteness and empowers one form of sexuality.
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On the other hand, Steinem asserts that the very concept of “feminism”, as defined by the Black Student Non-Conference (BSNCC), “is more defined by the “feminist ideology” of the 1980s and 1990s” and therefore represents an “inflexible definition of the term”. In other words, the concept of racism is “the ideology used and defended by the BSU for decades to justify white supremacy” and must be eliminated, regardless of what might be true in the context of the situation today as in its “traditional” context of oppression of the most vulnerable. This interpretation must be stopped and replaced with ‘feminism’ that does not represent “the feminist ideology”.
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In terms of what it means to be a misogynist and what it means to be a racist, Steinem gives a clear critique of the traditional political, and even religious, ways in which sexism, misogyny, homophobia, and other socially constructed, toxic, and misogynistic forms of oppression and abuse, are imposed on women. As Steinem points out, traditional methods of coercion – ‘white-on-black attacks’ (e.g., physical threats), ‘white-on-black shaming’, ‘white-on-black social exclusion’ – make it harder for women to form strong strong gender norms.
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The current American political system is an ideological lynch-mob lynch mob, an order based on the idea of domination over women’s bodies, a system with a “female” (male) gender as its first and most significant goal. Feminism is supposed to take the power of women’s bodies to other nations and make it available to all men. And with that means that all men and women are expected to support the patriarchy and take advantage of it.
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We believe that the only way to dismantle misogyny and other forms of oppression against women is through a strong, democratic, and nonviolent movement that aims to unite those who reject them and seek to reclaim what we term ‘traditional gender roles’. Through the effort to create a progressive social and political order and to promote social justice, we recognize and recognize the vital role of community-based humanist labor power, and the importance of gender equality.
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Gender is the ultimate male power and is the ultimate female power. We are the victims of patriarchy.
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As a feminist who supports women in struggle, I believe that women are not inherently a sex object, no matter where they are born, nor am I in any way “equal” to them as an individual. It is our privilege to be free through our role in feminism to define a socially constructed “feminism” that is not about the rights or values of women, but rather about the privileges and exploitation of men by those who use their bodies. It is about their lives, but it is also about how women form their identities through their bodies, their bodies being our bodies and being them.
As feminists, we recognize patriarchy (and its “power”) for what it is, and we are not the problem. Rather, we face the problems we face.
As activists, we fight oppression and oppression on a societal level with the feminist movement as a catalyst, and as leaders, we engage in a movement
The facts in these two arguments derive from the authors dramatically different values and assumptions. Wilchins is