Violence and Gender Reexamined Janice F. Almasi The title of John Clegg's

The title of John Clegg's new collection speaks to the poems' sense of being parts of larger wholes

and Power Points

and the power and possibility of forgiveness

Fraught with both stress and triumph

Violence and Gender Reexamined Janice F. Almasi The title of John Clegg'sThis work challenges one of Western culture's most deeply held assumptions: that violence against women is different from violence against men. Richard Felson argues that this type of violence is rarely the result of sexism or hatred against women and that sexism may actually inhibit violence against women. He cites research suggesting that the motives for violence against women are similar to the motives for violence against men: to control, to gain