Post-Reading Week 7: Domestic Violence

• In a traditional setting of domestic violence the women are the oppressed while the men are the oppressor. So in an intersectional analysis, LBGTQ people are not given the opportunity to declare themselves as oppress because of their beliefs and sexual orientation. Another example that plays an intersectional analysis in a domestic violence scenario during financial stability. As we've discussed in class that a woman who is financially stable and doesn't depend on their husbands income for survival are most likely to get their own house to move out while a survivor woman who depends on their partners income does not have an easy access to move out, and start a new life with her children. I think even in domestic violence intersectionality also occurs with the gender, cultures, ethnicities, sexualities, and other categories that we clarify ourselves in. 
• The Kibria article about the Vietnamese women surprised me the most, and also the Sewer article. First, with the Kibria article I didn't know how the Vietnamese family or in the Vietnamese community, that they handled domestic violence using gossip. I think for the Vietnamese community it works for them and it's also there resources similar to the domestic violence homes in San Francisco. For the Sewer article, since the basis for a traditional violence is that the man is the abuser while the women are the abused. I've also learned that there are no facilities or homes made for LBGTQ people because of the given example in class that they discriminate them in some way; giving the LGBTQ group the reason of not being sure what they're doing in a DV home.I think we don't hear about these examples more often because of the traditional basis that we depend on. We continue to follow that pattern and not assess it to change.
• The biggest barriers for Paola's client is the traumatic detailed report and the language barrier. The language barrier is the main biggest point in getting access to DV homes because some of the survivors are non-English speakers and there are no available translator to translate for them. Also, the traumatic effect that they have to write and recall the happenings when they write for the police report.
• I learned about the VAWA and the U-visa. So about the VAWA or Violence Against Women Act basically grants citizenship to immigrants who are married to a U.S. citizen. The U-visa gives grants to undocumented immigrants who are abused by their partner or in a relationship. Both the U-visa and the VAWA gives work authorization and they can eventually apply for their green card or resident status. In an intersectional analysis, undocumented immigrants obviously don't have power over their abusive partner because they've been threat of getting deported back to their country. Also, with the discussion in class, I remember that when the police comes into the house to investigate for any domestic violence they're most likely going to listen to the English speaker which tends to be the abusive partner. So language also plays a role in this intersectional analysis. 
• I think for the DV homes they should have some translators so in the application for DV homes all of the people with different race can be accommodated in a DV home. In addition to, a DV home should help indigenous people and Native Americans to because we've discussed in the Serwer article that legal services don't apply to non-natives. Also, concerning about the LGBTQ services, they should also be offered to people who depends on their partners financial stability. 
• I think intersectional analysis did help a little with the language barriers but I still think domestic violence is still around. Again with the immigrants that depends on their husbands income, Domestic violence still occurs. They are having a hard time leaving their partners because of their fear of getting deported or not having financial stability and home after they went to the DV homes. To sum it all up, I think this topic was very interesting because I'm only familiarize with physical and emotional abuse, and now I know that financial is an abuse also. So I think it's interesting to get to know where to go in case I encounter someone who experiences domestic violence.

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