Hernández Concludes Her Narrative with the Provocative Observation That Her

question 9

Essay

Hernández concludes her narrative with the provocative observation that her tía was extending to her in the only way she knew how the best loving advice she could offer: a woman must learn to defend and protect herself from violence, including the woman-on-woman kind stemming from a break-up. How does this type of domestic violence differ from the general violence against women that Kaye/ Kantrowitz argues should be classified as a hate crime?

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Definitions:

Exports Equal Imports

This term refers to a situation in balance of trade where the value of a country's exports equals the value of its imports.

Balance of Payments

A comprehensive record of a country's financial transactions with the rest of the world, including imports, exports, and capital flows.

Economic Transactions

Activities involving the exchange of goods, services, or money between two or more parties.

Bretton Woods System

A monetary management system established in 1944, which set fixed foreign exchange rates for currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar and established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.