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The following references may be useful when improving this article in the future:

O'Toole, Laura L.; Schiffman, Jessica R.; Sullivan, Rosemary, eds. (2020). Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (3rd ed.). New York University Press. ISBN 978-1-4798-4392-3.

Editorializing, second wave feminism, questionable sources

I've never questioned a page before, so bear with me.

The inclusion of Brownmiller surprised me. She certainly does not pass the sniff test on neutrality or verifiability (as many psychologists, psychiatrists, and other feminists of her era point out).

Language like:

"Since immemorial times, women, due to their lesser physical strength, and other limitations inherent to them, such as menstruation, pregnancy and breastfeeding, have found themselves subjugated to the other half, the male, of humanity"

Seems blatantly un-neutral and unverifiable.

"Such violence may arise from a sense of entitlement, superiority, misogyny or similar attitudes in the perpetrator or his violent nature, especially against women."

This sort of thing belongs in pages about feminist theory of sexual assault. This isn't verifiable -- the cited authors aren't psychologists, and aren't writing based on science. This branch of theory is dubious from a psychiatric perspective. The introduction of this article reads vaguely like second wave soapboxing. In short, that source is reliable only insofar as it relates to feminist theory; it's not an authoritative treatment of sexual violence against women, and makes historical and psychological claims of dubious truthiness (and, ultimately, of dubious verifiability). Feminists have debated the validity of that work for a long time, but nobody contends it to be neutral. Thejosephfiles (talk) 06:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: University Writing 1020 Communicating Feminism TR 10 am

This article is currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 August 2024 and 10 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Av gow (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Av gow (talk) 04:27, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video Games

I added a subsection to the "online" section that focuses on violence against women perpetuated in video games. I mentioned the common themes that arise out of these games, like toxic masculinity, hypersexualization of women, and overall accepting behavior of assault and rape. In the future, more can be written about video games and rape myth acceptance, finding additional sourcing. An additional exploration can be done to understand the impact these stereotypes have on women. Also, more can be added that speaks to the lack of censorship of the video games. Av gow (talk) 15:09, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]