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Violence Against Women: Hegemonic Masculinity as a Catalyst for Intimate Partner Violence
No full textThis essay explores the interplay between violence against women and hegemonic masculinity, focusing specifically on how hegemonic masculinity serves as a catalyst for intimate partner violence (IPV). A radical feminist lens is applied to examine how patriarchal power dynamics and societal norms perpetuate IPV, a social issue that disproportionately impacts women. By exploring the structural roots of IPV and the role of hegemonic masculinity in reinforcing gender-based inequalities, there is a need for comprehensive responses to address this global social issue. Insights from radical feminism underscore the importance of dismantling patriarchal structures and engaging men as allies in promoting positive expressions of masculinity as a step toward achieving social change
Alice Diop, un cinéma de l\u27hospitalité?
No full textÀ travers l’analyse de trois documentaires de création, La Permanence (2016), Vers la tendresse (2016) et Nous (2021), cet article cherche à tracer les grandes lignes d’une esthétique de l’hospitalité chez Alice Diop. Si le terme « hospitalité » fait d’abord référence au contexte de la migration, notamment abordé par Diop dans La Permanence, je souhaite l’étendre ici à toute représentation de l’étranger.e ou de celui ou celle qui est rendu.e étranger.e dans la cité. Je commenterai ainsi l’engagement de la réalisatrice avec les spécificités du médium filmique, à travers l’étude de la voix et du dialogue, ainsi que du cadrage et du mouvement (ou son absence) dans les films. Mon analyse de la forme ou du « corps » des films sera un moyen de (re)découvrir la voix singulière de la réalisatrice et son projet poétique et politique, qui nous confrontent, sur un mode souvent immersif et multisensoriel, à l’altérité, et nous encouragent à accueillir l’autre en nous
Swear It: Greek Gender and Sexuality Through a Modern Lens
No full textThis paper, using the book The Song of Achilles, along with ancient and modern sources, analyses how ideas of Greek sexuality and gender have changed five-thousand years postantiquity. This paper takes a critical look at how these ideas align with those presented to a modern audience, utilising what has survived to this day to take a critical look at Madeline Miller’s novel, achieved through the lens of Greek attitudes towards sexuality, the treatment and attitudes surrounding men, and the ones surrounding women in Ancient Greek society
The Tragic Balancing Acts of Gender
No full textThis article will analyze traits like compassion and strength that are associated with gender and how these traits were present in Tiresias, Medea, Pentheus, Electra and Bacchae—all characters from ancient Greek tragedies. Looking at which gendered traits are present and if there is a balanced number of feminine-associated traits—like compassion—and masculine-associated traits like strength. Commenting on if a character is missing gendered traits and recognizing how the reception of these traits changes based on gender
Sex and Prostitution in the Early Roman Republic
No full textMy paper on Sex and Roman Prostitution was made to shed light on a topic that is not commonly discussed. Prostitutes, despite the negative opinions they faced, played a vital role in life and socio-political settings in Ancient Rome. Prostitution was a legal, wide-spread practice and brothels were found all over the Roman world; the most notable ones today being at Pompeii, due to the images still found there. Throughout my paper, I discuss these images in detail as well as how prostitutes were portrayed in both fictional and non-fictional literature. In order to properly explain how views towards prostitutes were held, I spend time going over sexual practices in Rome and how important they were to some higher-class members of society. In these sexual practices, women were constantly thought of as lesser and were not valued as equals to men; playing into how prostitutes were seen in society. Prostitutes, as well as other women in Roman society, were seen only as sexual tools or ones to produce children. Despite these hardships, there are examples of famous Roman prostitutes who managed to make a name for themselves and become highly respected within their craft. Roman society would not have been able to function without these vital charaters, and as such they are an important part of antiquity to study
A Review of Literature and Media Reporting on COVID-19 Related Migration
No full textDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, many regions across Canada and internationally experienced an influx of individuals relocating to rural areas (Newbold et al., 2022). The "Impacts of Pandemic Migration to Rural Ontario" research initiative seeks to understand impacts of this phenomenon on rural Ontario communities to help inform future action. 
Within the invisible web: Gender-based violence in agricultural streams of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program
No full textCanada’s agricultural sector relies heavily on labour from Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers (TFAWs). However, TFAWs experience complex vulnerabilities resulting from structural inequalities and discrimination within Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Multiple, diverse, intersecting social identities of TFAWs (e.g., gender, age, race, nationality, etc.) compound, making TFAWs more or less vulnerable to gender-based violence (GBV) and discrimination in Canada and at home. This scoping review contributes to conceptual and practical knowledge regarding GBV in Canada’s agricultural TFWP. This research was guided by four objectives: (1) Collect documented evidence regarding GBV and TFAWs in the agricultural sector; (2) Describe how GBV is experienced differently by diverse groups of TFAWs in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia; (3) Understand how policies address or confront GBV experienced by TFAWs in these three provinces; (4) Outline existing infrastructure that supports TFAWs and how supports can be enhanced to better support TFAWs who experience GBV.
Using a Gender-Transformative Approach informed by Systems Thinking and Intersectionality, this study examined how structures and institutions (formal and informal) create and exacerbate inequalities between TFAW. This study found that literature on TFAWs in Canada is gender-blind, with limited discussion or reporting on GBV within the program. National and transnational policies impacting the TFWP establish and maintain structural vulnerabilities and power imbalances, making TFAWs less likely to report grievances. If workers are to be adequately protected, holistic, cohesive, and diversified support mechanisms are needed to support TFAWs’ access to rights, services and protections against GBV in Canada’s TFWP. 
2024 Rural Symposium Agenda
No full textThe 2024 Rural Symposium Program provides an overview all presentations shared at the event. The program provides a brief abstract for each presentatio
LGBTQ2S+ and Community Belonging in Rural Perth-Huron: Community Services for the Needs and Experiences of LGBTQ2S+ Community Members
No full textRural-specific experiences of LGBTQ2S+ individuals are often overlooked, and data regarding this unique population is lacking. Current data suggests increased levels of discrimination experienced by LGBTQ2S+ populations in rural areas, in comparison to those in urban areas. There is a call to action for rural-specific LGBTQ2S+ community services as well as multi-levelled strategies in order to decrease discrimination and thus increase community integration.
This research seeks to fill the data gap of the experiences and needs of LGBTQ2S+ community members from the rural municipalities of Perth-Huron, with attention to both individual levels of discrimination and systemic levels of discrimination. This data will provide a better understanding to service providers and create effective context-specific programs and services. Further, this data will increase community collaborations in order to achieve more just and equitable communities, and thus the realization of a more neighborly community.
In order to ensure the data reflects the experiences and needs of the LGBTQ2S+ community members specific to Perth-Huron, I will implement both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Data collection will include needs assessment surveys, focus groups, and interviews. As well, data mobilization through the sharing of analyzed results with collaboration partners and a publication of a final report will provide recommended actions to community service providers. This project will allow service providers to effectively target their efforts in order to better support the LGBTQ2S+ community. This will create a better sense of belonging and reduced discrimination for rural LGBTQ2S+ people within the broader communities of Perth-Huron.