This is the context in which Leslie Silko discussed the issue of violence against women in the essay, "In the com

The essay probes deeper into the women's culture of victimization: society itself had promoted the psyche that women are "self-sacrificing, passive victims." Women, in return, cultivate this perception, perpetuating the vicious cycle that was the culture of victimization. Silko thus called for increased vigilance and preparedness among women: "[w]omen must learn how to take aggressive action individually, apart from the police and the courts." It is only through these active actions that women can empower themselves against the possibility of being victimized by malicious strangers and familiar individuals, and effectively abolish the culture of victimization that has always pervaded the psyche of females in society.

In proving this argument, Silko narrated how she lived a vigilant life, a life

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)