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Institutional Violence
The use of power to cause harm (ie. violation of human rights) and to enforce structural oppression.
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Definitions for the Revolution
- Heterosexism
“The belief in the inherent superiority of heterosexuality and thereby its rights to dominance” (Canadian Council for Refugees). Describes an ideological system and patterns of institutionalized oppression which deny, denigrate, and stigmatize any nonheterosexual form of behavior, identity, relationship, or … Continue reading →