Gender Violence

by O'Toole, Laura L.; Schiffman, Jessica R.

• ISBN13: 9780814780411
• ISBN10: 0814780415
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

Though violence against women has received increasing attention from scholars and the general public alike, much of the literature on the subject is scattered in monographs, journals, and books focusing on specific forms of gender violence. In their path-breaking anthologyGender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, editors Laura L. O'Toole and Jessica Schiffman have brought together central articles and authors to construct a remarkably broad understanding of the gender-related manifestations of violenceGender Violenceis composed of three sections--one examining the roots of male violence and victimization of women, another exploring forms of sexual coercion and violence, and a third offering a number of perspectives on promoting nonviolence in the context of gender relations. Chapters consider topics including sexual harassment, rape, children and gender violence, battering in intimate relationships, and pornography. The list of contributors includes such diverse and well known scholars as Friedrich Engels, bell hooks, Diana Scully, Harry Brod, and Linda Gordon, and poets such as Audre Lorde and Margaret Randall. The book also contains a number of original pieces with novel approaches to subjects such as domestic violence and its effects on children. With its interdisciplinary perspective and wide-ranging subject matter, Gender Violence is an excellent primary text as well as an invaluable reference for scholars in the field of women and violence.

Table of Contents

Preface: Conceptualizing Gender Violence	xi
LAURA L. O'TOOLE
JESSICA R. SCHIFFMAN
Part I: Roots of Male Violence and Victimization of Women	1	(128)
SECTION 1: THE ROOTS OF MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN	3	(64)
Suggestions for Further Reading	9	(1)
"Visit from the Footbinder"	10	(1)
SARAH GORHAM
1. The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State	11	(19)
FRIEDRICH ENGELS
2. The Construction of Masculinity and the Triad of Men's Violence	30	(22)
MICHAEL KAUFMAN
3. The Socio-Cultural Context of Rape: A Cross-Cultural Study	52	(15)
PEGGY REEVES SANDAY
SECTION 2: GENDER VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES	67	(62)
Suggestions for Further Reading	72	(2)
"Need: A Chorale for Black Woman Voices"	74	(6)
AUDRE LORDE
4. Sexual Coercion in American Life	80	(12)
EDWIN SCHUR
5. Varieties of "Real Men"	92	(18)
JAMES MESSERSCHMIDT
6. Sexual Terrorism	110	(19)
CAROLE J. SHEFFIELD
Part II: Forms of Sexual Coercion and Violence	129	(234)
SECTION 1: SEXUAL HARASSMENT	131	(42)
Suggestions for Further Reading	137	(1)
"Anatomy Lesson"	138	(1)
CHERRIE MORAGA
7. Obscene and Threatening Telephone Calls to Women: Data from a Canadian National Survey	139	(7)
MICHAEL D. SMITH
NORMAN N. MORRA
8. Dames at Sea: Life in the Naval Academy	146	(5)
CAROL BURKE
9. Changed Women and Changed Organizations: Consequences of and Coping with Sexual Harassment	151	(14)
BARBARA A. GUTEK
MARY P. KOSS
10. The Victimizations of Women	165	(8)
KATHRYN QUINA
SECTION 2: RAPE	173	(70)
Suggestions for Further Reading	181	(1)
"The Rape"	182	(2)
JEANNE MURRAY WALKER
11. A Feminist Redefinition of Rape and Sexual Assault: Historical Foundations and Change	184	(10)
PATRICIA L. N. DONAT
JOHN D'EMILIO
12. Undeclared War: African-American Women Writers Explicating Rape	194	(15)
OPAL PALMER ADISA
13. Raped: A Male Survivor Breaks His Silence	209	(6)
FRED PELKA
14. Subcultural Theory of Rape Revisited	215	(8)
LAURA L. O'TOOLE
15. The Global Health Burden of Rape	223	(20)
MARY P. KOSS
LORI HEISE
NANCY FELIPE RUSSO
SECTION 3: BATTERING IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS	243	(62)
Suggestions for Further Reading	251	(1)
"To Judge Faolain, Dead Long Enough: A Summons"	252	(60)
LINDA MACCARRISTON
16. Nothing New under the Sun: Spouse Abuse in Colonial America	254	(12)
LARRY D. ELDRIDGE
17. Violence against Women	266	(13)
R. EMERSON DOBASH
RUSSELL P. DOBASH
18. Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Feminist Perspective	279	(6)
BELL HOOKS
19. Violence in Lesbian and Gay Relationships	285	(9)
CLAIRE M. RENZETTI
20. Violence, Gender, and Elder Abuse: Toward a Feminist Analysis and Practice	294	(11)
TERRI WHITTAKER
SECTION 4: CHILDREN AND GENDER VIOLENCE	305	(58)
Suggestions for Further Reading	312	(1)
"The Second Photograph"	313	(1)
MARGARET RANDALL
21. Family Violence, Feminism, and Social Control	314	(17)
LINDA GORDON
22. Who Stole Incest?	331	(5)
LOUISE ARMSTRONG
23. Child Sexual Abuse and the Regulation of Women: Variations on a Theme	336	(16)
CAROL-ANN HOOPER
24. Definition and Scope of the Problem	352	(11)
PETER JAFFE
DAVID WOLFE
SUSAN KAYE WILSON
Part III: Social Problems--Social Change	363	(20)
SECTION 1: PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLENCE: A CONTESTED SOCIAL PROBLEM	365	(58)
Suggestions for Further Reading	372	(1)
"Philadelphia Story: September 1987"	373	(1)
KATHLEEN O'TOOLE
25. The Female Nude: Pornography, Art, and Sexuality	374	(9)
LYNDA NEAD
26. Conflicting Ideologies and the Politics of Pornography	383	(12)
CHARLES E. COTTLE
PATRICIA SEARLES
RONALD J. BERGER
BETH ANN PIERCE
27. Pornography and Black Women's Bodies	395	(5)
PATRICIA HILL COLLINS
28. Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech	400	(14)
CATHARINE MACKINNON
29. Pornography and Violence: What the "Experts" Really Say	414	(9)
LYNNE SEGAL
SECTION 2: CHANGING OUR MINDS: TOWARD NONVIOLENCE IN GENDER RELATIONS	423	(60)
Suggestions for Further Reading	427	(1)
30. Beyond the Masculine Mystique	428	(7)
MYRIAM MIEDZIAN
31. Violence, Gender, and Social Change	435	(8)
CHRISTINE ALDER
32. Violence against Women or Family Violence? Current Debates and Future Directions	443	(11)
DEMIE KURZ
33. Pornography and the Alienation of Male Sexuality	454	(13)
HARRY BROD
34. The Reality of Linguistic Violence against Women	467	(7)
WILLIAM C. GAY
35. Action	474	(9)
ELIZABETH WARD
Bibliography	483	(40)
Index	523