CHAPTER 1 Consumer preference plays a crucial role in shaping the economy. It forms the basis of production activities as the consumer’s preferences influence the producer’s opportunity function. The producer in order to maximize his profit ‚ always want to know the preferences of the consumer ‚ as the consumer preferences affect the demand‚ so that he can always focus on the particular product ‚ which the consumer prefers. The Government policies are also influenced by the preferences. Therefore
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Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships Domestic violence is a conscious behavior in which acts of violence and aggression are carried out by one person in a relationship to dominate the other. This violence consists of deliberate verbal‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ psychological‚ and physical abuse‚ along with social and economic deprivation. Statistics and studies show victims of domestic violence are mostly women and their children‚ but men are victims as well. Friends‚ spouses‚ boyfriends
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Intimate Partner Violence against Women Name College Course Tutor Date Abstract Intimate partner violence against women in homes is an issue of global concern‚ but in many cultures this kind of violence has been an acceptable fact of life. In recent years‚ it has been viewed as a criminal challenge. However‚ in many societies such as the African society‚ it is still culturally acceptable and it is presumed that most African women still endure this type of violence in their various homes
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http://vaw.sagepub.com/ Violence Against Women http://vaw.sagepub.com/content/18/5/562 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/1077801212453140 2012 18: 562 originally published online 11 July 2012 Violence Against Women Dominique E. Roe-Sepowitz Juvenile Entry Into Prostitution: The Role of Emotional Abuse Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com can be found at: Violence Against Women Additional services and information for http://vaw.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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Violence against women persists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights and a major impediment to achieving gender equality. Such violence is unacceptable‚ whether perpetrated by the nation and its agent or by family members or strangers‚ in public or private sphere‚ in peacetime or in times of conflict. The UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has stated that as long as violence against women continues‚ we cannot claim to be making real progress towards equality‚ development
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Atrocities There has been a marked increase in the incidents of the atrocities against women over the past few years. Going by government statistics‚ the number of crimes against women registered under the Indian Penal Code has increased from 82‚880 in 1994 to over 1‚13‚000 in 1998. Recently released figures from the National Crimes Research Bureau for the year 1998 show an 8.3% increase in registered crimes against women. In the years 1997‚ 1998‚ there were 13000 dowry deaths‚ and 13910 registered
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Violence against Women In this particular study I will focus on two articles namely Cognitive dissonance‚ how women justify staying with a controlling partner by Claire Murphy and Domestic Violence by Continuing Psychology Education. Cognitive dissonance‚ how women justify staying with a controlling partner by Claire Murphy In relation to the first article by Claire Murphy‚ the author expounds on the theory of cognitive dissonance‚ and how it affects women in marital relationships that are characterised
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Domestic Violence against Married Women in Erdine Professor Telan Florida International University Violence against women has always been a major social crisis for in society. Women affected by this social pandemic do not only suffer physical damages‚ but they also experience major psychological and emotional traumas as well. In this article‚ Tokuc‚ Ekuklu‚ and Avcioglu (2010) aimed to determine what factors contribute to domestic violence mostly against married women in the province of
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Violence against women and girls is not confined to a specific culture‚ region or country‚ or to particular groups of women within a society. The roots of violence against women lie in persistent discrimination against women and girls cause up to 70 per cent of women experience violence in their lifetime‚ according to country data available. Also is important to point out the fact that women aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer‚ car accidents‚ war and malaria
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violence against women and why it occurs but what most agree on is that the motive behind the abuse is rooted in gender inequality and it is for that reason some refer it as gender-based violence. In her report about violence in the lives of women‚ Stephanie Montesanti writes that the feminist opinion about the cause of this violence comes from “male-dominated social structures and socialization practices that teach men and women gender-specific roles that can influence violence and abuse against women”
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