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Problem

After reading the articles assigned for the week in your Ferguson text, fully answer the questions asked on each article.

Topic I: "Gender, diversity and violence: Extending the feminist framework"

The author argues that gender and power are key when examining domestic violence. What does the author mean by this? Find a "Power and Control Wheel" on a website pertaining to domestic violence and explain it. Be sure to include the website in your posting.
How are gender, race, and class interconnected with respect to violence and why must we consider all three?

Topic II: "Lifting the veil of secrecy: Domestic violence against south Asian women in the United States"
In this article, the author examines domestic violence against South Asian women in the United States. Why do many wives continue to stay with their abusive husbands? What social forces are at work here that make many of the women feel so isolated? What makes their domestic violence issues different than other abused women? What are your thoughts on this reading?

Topic III: "Abuse across the life course: Elder abuse"

Why is elder abuse becoming more prevalent in the US? What are some of the causes of elder abuse? How of the emergence of the sandwich generation cause structural changes in the family that can lead to elder abuse? What can be done to prevent elder abuse? Please share your experiences if you are a caregiver.

Topic IV: If you have experienced intimate partner violence, what were the possible causes and consequences of it? If you have not, do you know anyone who has, and what were the causes and consequences of it?