Blog 5 ch 10 & 11

Ch 10.
1. I believe the clip "Iron Jawed Angels", mostly represents the early stages of women's suffrage and feminist movements, and maybe a little bit of the early civil rights movement. One part of the clip that really stood out to me was a small part in which a member of the government was chastising his wife (I am assuming she was apart of or supporting the protesting). This stood out to me because not only was she standing up against the government, but her husband as well, who happens to be apart of the government that she is fighting.
The preview from the movie "The Help" represents more of the early civil rights movement to me. This movie focuses on the hardships of African American females, it does touch on gender but mainly race, in my eyes at least. The main character obviously has some feminist qualities but instead of protesting inequality of gender, she focuses on the inequality of the African American women who are working for rich white families.
I think that "The Help" demonstrates racial biases more than "Iron Jawed Angels". In the clip for "Iron Jawed Angels", we don't see much emphasis on race, it is mostly geared towards the women's suffrage movement and feminist movement. "The Help", is mainly about race and gender and is full of racial biases.
2. I am honestly not sure how to answer this question. Sorry
Ch11
1.  To me, underlying causes of domestic violence is simply the inability to control your anger. This is a skill that we are supposed to learn starting in early childhood. I personally don't think that violence is always bad, the motive behind the violence is what we should be looking at.
 I think the public tries to separate domestic violence from male domination and patriarchal thinking because we don't want to admit that this way of thinking is still prevalent. I personally think that when a man beats his wife, it is probably because he is angry, cannot control his temper, AND feels the need to express his dominance over her. Besides self defense, there aren't many other reasons to hit a person besides attempting to show dominance.
2. I think there is a huge relation between child and spouse abuse, like I mentioned above these people are not in full control of their anger/tempers, and they use violence to show their dominance, whether it be a child or a spouse, to teach a lesson or prove that they are the top dog and not to be questioned. I really like this movie as an example because it shows just how far some people will go to show that they are dominant. This woman is tired of getting beat so she learns self defense and runs away. The man is so angry, and probably humiliated by this that he actually tracks her down to continue his assaults.
I think that these issues are already in the light, we just need to put more emphasis on prevention. I think that all parents should have to take a course on parenting and what to expect when dealing with children, especially when they push your buttons. I would even say that a psychological exam is necessary in many cases before people should be allowed to be parents, to show that they can handle the stress without going of the deep end.