Conceptualizing private violence against sexual minorities as gendered violence: an international and comparative law perspective.(Conceptualizing Violence: Present and Future Developments in International Law) From: Albany Law Review | Date: March 22, 1997| Author: Wilets, James D. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Albany Law School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

To the extent that violence against women and sexual minorities(1) is predicated upon assumptions of a polar construction of gender,(2) in which nonconformity with gender role expectations is enforced through violent and non-violent means, it is possible to speak of violence against both groups as rooted in a system of male dominance.(3) Understanding the commonality of the gendered nature of violence against the two groups can assist in formulating a...