Domestic Violence

Reflection Paper #2

Throughout this course, the definition of violence and ways to apply the concept has been dissected. Through examining articles, in class discussions, and examples, my perceptions of violence have been challenged and expanded. Although many of my thoughts on violence still remain the same as…

Physical Violence: Personal Experience

The government of Canada, specifically the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, defines violence as an act in which there is control over another person and often reflects an imbalance of power between the victim and the abuser. During the first class we discussed what each of us…

Reflection Paper #1: Violent Food for Thought

What I know now of violence is merely through personal experience, research, courses that have touched based on the concept, and the few ideas we have discussed so far in this course. In just a few short weeks, I have come to understand violence as a…

INTD 3010: Reflection One

Becky Finnerty

I think the term ‘violence’ is used too freely. I also think that it is too broadly used which makes it more difficult to define. When people think of the word, they usually tend to think of physical violence, an act which leaves visible marks or scars. Over…

Reflection Paper One: Violence

Violence. When I first entered this course I thought that violence was simply physically harming another person. I have now learned that, that’s a narrow definition of violence, as stated by Coady. This paper is supposed to be about what I would like to learn from this…