Mothers, Monsters, Whores

Description:

This is a look at military women who engage in torture: the Chechen 'Black Widows'; Middle Eastern suicide bombers and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. This text analyses the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted.

subjects: Case studies,  Global politics,  Political violence,  Violence in women,  Gewalt,  Press coverage,  Women war criminals,  Genusaspekter,  World politics,  Kvinnor i politiken,  Women soldiers,  Politik,  Women's Studies,  Krieg,  Women in mass media,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Sex role in mass media,  Torture,  Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media,  Politiskt våld,  Frau,  Kvinnor som misshandlar,  Women, political activity,  Women, social conditions,  Violence,  Terrorism - general & miscellaneous,  Women & crime