Women's movements against collective male violence

Date

2011-05-06

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Publisher

Kansas State University

Abstract

The intention of this thesis was to understand why and how women organized or participated in peaceful movements aimed at stopping collective, organized male violence in the public sphere. Historical archives were used to examine four social movements – Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Greenham Common Peace Camp, Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia, and the Antimafia Movement – that attempted to end violence from male organizations. The findings from this thesis discovered that through the process of framing, which was permitted by increased power obtained in society through the workforce, women took a peaceful, self-invested, but overall altruistic, role in social movements.

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Keywords

Movements

Graduation Month

May

Degree

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Sociology

Major Professor

Robert K. Schaeffer

Date

2011

Type

Thesis

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