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A person can face multiple forms of discrimination for different reasons.
This might be due to their gender, skin color, social class, a disability, or sexual orientation.
All these aspects of a person are interconnected and influence each other.
This means everyone has their own experiences with discrimination and may face multiple forms of discrimination for different characteristics.
For instance:
All these factors work together, making the person’s situation more difficult.
Patriarchal violence affects many areas of the society we live in. Everything considered “female” is subordinated to what is “male.” Men have historically enjoyed and still have many advantages over women, along with more power.
This occurs both at home and in public spaces – for example, at work, in politics, in government agencies, or in social environments.
Violence happens because many people think men are better or more important than women.
This often leads to women doing unpaid caregiving and household work, earning less money, or lacking access to education and school.
Patriarchal violence often aims to ensure that people who do not fit the accepted image of masculinity are oppressed and have less power.
Patriarchal violence also means that men or groups of men use violence to maintain power over women and other genders.
This violence can be physical, verbal, or take the form of control over finances.
Examples include when men:
