Basically our society has defined gender as attributed to "masculine" or "feminine". This can be a little insufficient since sociologists question whether or not, are all males masculine and all females feminine? In the social sense the infant is not male or female but the continuance nurturing forces us to acquire dominant characteristics of male and female. Boys are told to be assertive, strong and to be less emotional. Girls on the other hand are expected to be submissive, soft and emotional.

[Kokopeli and Lakey, 1980] blame patriarchy, the rule of the male head of the family as the cause of domination of women

The debate regarding the discrimination against woman has been fought openly and the social aspects of discrimination against women were recognized by a mass campaign. The women in the feminism movement had to fight for their right to vote, equal opportunities in jobs, professional choice and all aspects of social and economic life.

by men. Patriarchy assigns a list of human characteristics according to gender. The unequal opportunities given to females, indoctrination of their role give the male child a feeling of superiority and strength and behavior. The personality theories often declare attitudes such as intuition, Introversion, feeling and perceiving as soft and feminine [MBTI, 2005]. The theories however consider both man and women being capable of possessing these attributes or opposites extroversion, sensing, thinking and judging both in men and women. This has always been true both men and women are capable of possessing these attributes. The conditioning of men and women by the society has made them play their expected roles.

Violence in Boy's Don't Cry is not lone incident violence against women and transsexuals. [Violence against Women in the United States, 1994] reports the horrific statistics of violence against women. It shows that nearly 1400 women are murdered in domestic violence every year. Women battering by intimates, husband, ex-husbands, and boy friends exceed 572,000 each year. One third of these cases require hospitalization, emergency room care or a doctor's attention.

Boys have to learn to be strong and their early training that boys don't cry and learn to take your rights by force makes some men prone to violence. Kimberly Peirce's film Boys Don't Cry [Boys Don't Cry, 1999] depicts the violence against women in vivid detail. A woman Brandon Lara who is undergoing sex hormone therapy for sex change is living in Falls City, Nebraska and has been accepted as a man in Society. She befriends two men, who upon finding out that Brandon Turner is actually a female, turn violent and rape her. When Brandon Teena reported the rape to the police, but the two men, Lotter and Nissen, resorted to murder her. The film is an emotionally overwhelming and, at times, deeply upsetting. The rape and the scene in Lana's bathroom where Brandon is stripped bare by John and Thomas and exposed as a woman are some of the most distressing images in the film.

Domestic violence is more common among the families living below the poverty line. Unemployed men are twice as likely to attack their spouse then those employed full time. Violent attacks against gay men and lesbians have increase

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