Ithaca College

Please join us in the Handwerker Gallery at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, for "Violence against Women: Cultural Relativism or Human Rights?," the second Tuesday Salon of the semester.

Nina Cummings, lecturer of sociology, will lead a discussion on cultural practices that are violent in nature against women.  Together we will explore whether these are merely traditional rites of passage and practices that define a culture; or are they immoral violation of human rights?  Furthermore, if these violent practices are seen to be in violation, what can we do to break and change these behaviours. 

The Tuesday Salon is a Handwerker Gallery program aimed at providing students, faculty, staff, and members of the community a forum outside of the classroom for intellectual discussion and debate. Topics are selected by a guest discussant, who provides a 10-minute introduction and moderates the ensuing conversation.

For more information please contact Liz Ohanyan at eohany1@ithaca.edu.