Women's Journey

From a cultural perspective, violence against women is perceived as punishment for not behaving or performing as socially expected.  When women have internalized the culture’s expectations of them  to be passive and accept unconditionally men’s right to own them and men's legal right to discipline them through corporal punishment and emotional violence  they act against themselves and limit development of their expectations.  These cultural expectations encourage women to sacrifice their own needs, including their physical health, to comply with cultural demands that place a priority on fulfilling men’s physical desires and need for ego support.


One reason for this is that women in masculine-dominant societies, including Anglo-American society, are viewed primarily as transmitters rather than producers of culture.  They are viewed principally as caregivers whose function in culture is to transmit and conserve, not question and create cultural values.One reason for this is that women in masculine-dominant societies, including Anglo-American society, are viewed primarily as transmitters rather than producers of culture.  They are viewed principally as caregivers whose function in culture is to transmit and conserve, not question and create cultural values.