Post reading #7

As I said in my pre response post it does not matter it does not matter what race, ethnicity, sexuality, or class a person is domestic violence happens all a cross the board. Although in each one of these categories one could explain why it would happen in that ethnicity, race, sexuality, or class. This has to do with intersectional analysis. For example if we took race to be the category of intersectional analysis this could play a big part in domestic violence because in some races such as Latino or Asian there is a bigger chance of domestic violence because of how they grew up and the beliefs there culture believes in. Then this ties into ethnicity, because race is just the generalized categories they put everyone into and ethnicity is actually where your family ancestry is. This is a part of domestic violence because like I said before some of the reasons people abuse there spouses is because they grew up in different countries and saw there father do it, grandfather, or etc, and they are just repeating a cycle of abuse, and think of there partners as just objects that they control. Sexuality is also big element because not only based on your sexuality, but your sexual orientation people will judge you if or when you try to go in to report violence. For example about a week ago I was waiting at the police station to get something down and a male Latino went in and reported his wife hitting him, but he did not speak English so he had his cousin come in and translate for him. When the police officer heard that he came in to report his wife though she looked completely confused and had a half smile on her face. This is an example of a straight man imagine if it was not and there were two male partners involved or two women partners involved most of these couples do not report their domestic because they are afraid of being judged when they go in. As anyone can see all these factors play a big role in domestic violence, but just cause we understand intersectional analysis and how it play a part in domestic violence does not mean it is going to stop. Its just like saying because you found the problem its going to go away, and thats not true. It will help though because we found the problem and know we just need to fix it, but fixing all of it is impossible and will never happen, so we fix one at a time.

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pre reading #7

The definition of domestic violence acts of violence or abuse against a person living in ones household, especially a member of ones immediate family. This is a very serious subject because it does not matter about who you are or where you come from it happens to all different kinds of people. This might correlate with intersectionality  because the factors of intersectionality such as race, class, language, and nationality play a big part in domestic violence. For example nationality plays a big role in domestic violence because in some cultures it is more acceptable to treat your children or your wife like this. Cultures such as Central American and South America. This summer my sister studied abroad in Argentina and when she got back she said one of the first things she noticed was how the spouse treated his wife, not as an equal, but as an authority figure over his wife with the tone of voice he used and the body language he used when confronting her. Language is the same I feel as nationality because the language one speaks usually ties on with whatever culture they tie themselves with. Another big factor that has to do with intersectionality and domestic violence is race and class. I know these do not sound like they would intersect with each other, but I honestly think that race and class have a similar part to play. Class and race both play the same role I feel like because society puts them in the same category, so that if your colored you are automatically seen as low class. Class plays a role because if you are low class for reasons such as alcohol addiction, drug addiction, gang affiliation or etc., the likely hood that you will be a part of domestic violence is very high. Domestic violence deals with much more examples then just physical abuse, it deals with emotional, financial and much more. These play a role in class, race and nationality because it is how a person is brought up that determines whether the will abuse there family when they get one. To me it honestly does not matter what ethnicity or nationality you are everyone has the same chance of being exposed to domestic violence because every race, class, language, and nationality has there flaws and domestic is a serious flaw because it affects a lot of people not just the people that are receiving it, but the people around them.

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post reading #6

The definition to intersectional theory in my opinion is the theory that not only one quality that you possess, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, or class oppression chooses the way people treat or judge you, but all of them effect it. Intersectional theory is a very complicated subject because so many theories are tied up within one theory. An example of intersectional theory is just by looking at yourself and naming what society would consider positive and negative about yourself, I am a male so thats positive, my race is Latino negative, I am middle class so that is a positive, my sexual orientation is straight s that is positive, and I am an able body person so that is a positive. All these are the factors that play a role in intersectional theory; the reason that being a male is a positive characteristic because in society males are looked at as the dominant gender, for example they do all the hard labor, supposed to be tough and aggressive. My race is Latino and this is looked at as a negative characteristic because in society Latinos are looked at as if we do not belong in the United States, and they see us as the working class and that all we are good for is field work. The class characteristic is a little harder because everyone in the United States considers themselves middle class, and I do consider myself as middle class based on my parents income this is considered a positive characteristic because I am not a burden on society. The next characteristic is very important because a lot of people judge someone on there sexual orientation and some people will not get the same privileges if there sexual orientation is opposite of what it is supposed to be. My sexual orientation is straight so that is considered a big positive. The last major characteristic that goes into intersectional theory is ability, for example if a person is handicap that is seen as a negative in society because your whole body is not able, my body is able so that is seen as a positive. All these characteristics play a key role because they determine what benefits, privileges, and penalties a person will get for the remainder of their lives. This concept is different then others such as race, gender, or class oppression because instead of focusing and analyzing just one of these characteristics and why they are important one is analyzing all of them and what role they play in peoples life's. 

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