power to women.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7072818.stm
I came across this article in the BBC news, which says that South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world. This is not new news, I have been reminded of it quite a lot here, from dance shows to lectures to student orientation.
In my critical psychology class, we discussed the idea of male violence and Rape in counties like South Africa. South Africa is so distraught, with such a huge disparity between rich and poor, men and women. Men are constructed to be tough, vicious leaders.
The unemployment rates for women are so much higher than male unemployment, giving men an enormous amount of economic power over women.
South Africa needs to not only work on the deconstructing the racial hierarchies left over from quite a long history of it, but needs to work on the disparity of men and women and male sexual and economic power over women to end this horrific problem that has not been given nearly enough attention.
bluepete said,
December 17, 2007 at 12:04 am
Hey Leah, welcome to Cape Town. Was searching under Critical Psychology and saw your page. Good combination – psychology and anthropology! I’m a trainee psychologist here in CT so interested to hear your views.