"Never again" said the Jews (and many others) about the Holocaust. However, there have been many such tragedies in the 20th and 21st centuries, some of them going on right now. Please take a look at the "case studies" on the Gendercide site (look at the case study drop down menu on the right hand side of the page). Choose one of the studies (or one of the articles on the main page), and comment here on that article/case study. In what way does the information on this site help justify the 20th century's nickname "The Age of Violence" or the 21st century's nickname "The Age of Stupidity"?
Monday, November 30, 2009
Gendercide--20th and 21st Century Holocausts
"Never again" said the Jews (and many others) about the Holocaust. However, there have been many such tragedies in the 20th and 21st centuries, some of them going on right now. Please take a look at the "case studies" on the Gendercide site (look at the case study drop down menu on the right hand side of the page). Choose one of the studies (or one of the articles on the main page), and comment here on that article/case study. In what way does the information on this site help justify the 20th century's nickname "The Age of Violence" or the 21st century's nickname "The Age of Stupidity"?
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I studied the massacre in Rwanda. I find that it is relevent to call this the "Age of Stupidity" simply because many of the Tutsi's were killed simply because their nose was not the right size, and also for many other ignorant reasons.
ReplyDeletejessica horn
Professor Marmorstein,
ReplyDeleteWould you classify the witch hunts from the 16th and 17th century as gendercide? Some historians believe the witch aspect was invented as a cover up for the Catholic Church(which is male oriented) to put down free thinking women.
I believe that the 20th century's name "The Age of Violence" fits it quit well. During this century so many people parished. The jews of the nazi reign, the many different people from the soviet union reign. not to mention the many people that were killed during the aparthied reign. I believe that the 21st century has also beent the age of stupidity to as well because of the high credit and bankrupcy. I believe that our country is in an economic depression. and the fighting in iraq and against the taliban.
ReplyDeleteSky Frederick
"Would you classify the witch hunts from the 16th and 17th century as gendercide?"
ReplyDeleteI would have to look more closely, at the issue here, but, off-hand, I would say no. Fear of witches really took off in 14th century Europe in the wake of the Black Death. Both men and women were victims (though women more often than men). Most accused witches at that time were people marginalized for other reasons.
16th and 17th century witchcraft scares were as likely to be protestant as Catholic.
I don't see the Catholic church as more male-oriented than other religions. It's often less so. Catholic devotion to Mary, among other things, mitigates against misogyny.
I studied the "Age of Stupidity," or the genocide in Rwanda. I feel that the name of this particular topic fits perfectly. Being discriminated against because of their nose size or just because they are a Tutsi is pretty stupid. I have come to the conclusion that many genocides occur for many stupid reasons and all because one person says they shouldn't be there. Stupid.
ReplyDelete-Haley Zerr
I studied the Police linked to mass executions article in Kenya, Africa. This article went on to say the police have been linked with 450 killing in the last 5 months. They say that it is a crack down on a notorious death that is responsible for some 27 deaths since April. This just goes to show how truly messed up Africa is. A gang kills 27 people in 8 months so you go off and execute 450 random people who could be in the gang. First of all our gangs in the U.S. kill way more than that, but the police retaliation is just pure madness.
ReplyDelete-Michael Schaub