Storkey, Elaine,

Scars across humanity : understanding and overcoming violence against women / Elaine Storkey. - 1 online resource.

Previously published: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Naming the problem -- A global pandemic -- Violence begins before birth: selective abortion and infanticide -- Cut for purity: female genital mutilation -- Early and enforced marriage: child abuse by another name -- Whose honour? Killings and femicide as reprisals for shame -- Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: violence in the home -- Money, sex and violence: trafficking and prostitution -- Rape -- War and sexual violence -- Why gender-based violence? It's in our genes: exploring our evolutionary heritage -- Why gender-based violence? Power and patriarchy -- Religion and women -- Christianity and gender: a fuller picture.

9780830887453 (eBook)

2018002906


Women--Violence against.

HV 6250.4 / .W65

362.88082