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QOTW What would be the best way(s) to address gender Based violence in Canada? The term "gender-based violence" describes destructive acts committed against a person or group of people because of their gender. Its foundations include detrimental norms, power abuse, and gender inequity. The phrase is mostly used to highlight how women and girls are disproportionately vulnerable to various types of violence because of systemic, gender-based power disparities. I believe the best ways to approach gender-based bias in Canada would be to first acknowledge the problem, know the risks/severity, avoid gender stereotypes and challenge social norms. Discussion Questions: Johnson (2012)-Discussion •Were you aware of the prevalence of sexual assault in Canada and problems with its attrition in the criminal justice system? No, I was not aware of how severe this issue was until this lecture. I knew sexual assault was an issue, but I didn’t realize how widespread it really was. Johnson's argument put it into a different perspective allowing me to gain a deeper understanding of these problems. •What do you think needs to change for survivors of sexual assault, whether they are women, men, or gender-diverse individuals, to report what happened to them to police? I believe for survivors to speak up, as a society, we need to do a better job protecting them and making more changes to ensure less assaults like these happen in the future. There needs to be more changes made in protecting victims of assault, more support groups, therapies, and people to listen. The only way people are going to talk is if they feel safe enough to do so. Discussion–Sheehy (2012) •Sheehy argues that Jane Doe was able to wage and win these legal battles “on her own terms” why do you think she argues this? I believe she argues this because this Jane Doe took matters into her own hands, she fought for her rights under the charter but also for her right to participate in the legal proceedings against her rapist.

•Do you think that police owe a “duty of care” to warn those who are identifiable potential victims of rapists? I do believe they owe people some sort of warning for the matter of their safety. I believe if women per say are the targeted audience, they should have some sort of sense of knowing what's going on to better protect themselves in case something does happen. •At the same time, Sheehy shows how easily some of these wins have become undone. What does this say about the role of law as a tool challenge and reproduce gender inequality? I believe the fact that Jane Doe was a female does affect the outcome of why her wins had been undone so quickly. People to this day still see men as superior to women and that affects incidents like this on a day-to-day basis. Reflection: During week 6 lecture I learned about Law and Gender Bias. We discussed gendering violence, some legal responses to sexual violence and femicide, as well as Johnson, Sheehy and Dawsons perspectives. The term "gender-based violence" describes destructive acts committed against a person or group of people because of their gender. Its foundations include detrimental norms, power abuse, and gender inequity. What I have learned is that gender as a social framework must be understood to combat gendered violence. What stood out to me most was Johnson's argument on Limits of a criminal justice response. Johnson argued that “pervasive prejudice against sexual assault and how it manifests itself for women and the criminal justice system in handling these cases continues to downplay women's experiences, absolve violent males of responsibility, and mislead the public's perception of this crime (p. 614)”. His goal is “to provide a critical examination of Canada's criminal justice system's reaction to sexual assault by utilizing data that is currently accessible and considering the views of women, the police, the prosecution, conviction, and punishment (p. 614)”. This stood out to me because the negative attitudes towards sexual assault are creating more problems

than solutions and someone had to bring more attention to this ongoing issue. Overall, I learned a lot this week and definitely gained a deeper understanding of sexual violence and gender biases.

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