In chapter 11, Ending Violence discusses how the perpetuation of violence among men, women and children is often viewed as a natural part of the domestic roles in a family. This chapter was of great interest to me because I have always questioned why violence occurs. I like the concept that hooks brought to the subject of patriarchal violence, that is that many times women are perpetrators of violence just as equally as male. Many women choose to discipline their children with physical or psychological violence. They believe that if they can have control of what one individual does it gives them the power to feel superior. As many women are abused by their partner or husband they feel the need to remove the feeling of inferiority that violence often brings to the victim by physically abusing their children. Something I found informational was that often times abuse from women is not reported because those who receive the abuse are not seen as capable human beings, that is children. Women are often said to be less physically abusive than men but the reality is that it is not necessarily true. Feminist like to focus on abuse towards women from men but they fail to see what they do wrong. It is often …show more content…
Men can be abused both physically and psychologically just as men. There have been cases where women will abuse men a threaten to kill them. These cases are not publicized by media as violence towards women because the sexist idea that because women are physically less strong than men that it is impossible for a women to abuse a man. In the same way abuse among same sex partners is not reported because the idea that because both partners have the same strength and ability the abuse is not present or as damaging as male to female