Status Updates From A Companion to Gender Studies

"It has been shown that both the reality and the fear of violence act as a form of social control over women worldwide." p.30

"...United Nations report indicates that no country treats its women as well as its men. However, because gender inequality is highly correlated with poverty, developing countries have particularly pressing problems, with gender issues related to literacy, income, health, nutrition, male violence, rape, and abuse very much to the fore. Women lack the fundamentals for leading human lives because they are women." p.37