The phrase "rape culture" has recently resurfaced in American discourse--fueled by the charges against predators as diverse as Bill Cosby, Bill O'Reilly, and Bill Clinton and the boasts of our president elect--but this book does the best job of clarifying the "problem" and offering solutions.
This is from the product page:
Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape. And whether
that's a football star, beloved celebrity, elected official, member of
the clergy, or just an average Joe (or Joanna), there's probably a
community eager to make excuses for that person.
In Asking for It,
Kate Harding combines in-depth research with an in-your-face voice to
make the case that twenty-first-century America supports rapists more
effectively than it supports victims. Drawing on real-world examples of
what feminists call "rape culture"—from politicos' revealing gaffes to
institutional failures in higher education and the military—Harding
offers ideas and suggestions for how we, as a society, can take sexual
violence much more seriously without compromising the rights of the
accused.
Read the Rolling Stone interview with Kate Harding here.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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