Rape And Society: Readings On The Problem Of Sexual Assault

by Searles,Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780813388243
• ISBN10: 0813388244
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This interdisciplinary anthology provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject of rape, helping readers understand and explain rape, while sensitizing them to the personal and emotional dimensions of sexual violation. It includes theoretical, empirical, literary, and experiential selections, and represents the experiences of women of diverse backgrounds and lifestyles. The book is an essential resource for academics, professionals, and the general reader, as well as a superb text for undergraduate and graduate courses in women's studies, psychology, sociology, and criminology.

Author Biography

Patricia Searles is professor of sociology and women’s studies at University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, where Ronald J. Berger is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program. Patricia Searles is professor of sociology and women’s studies at University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, where Ronald J. Berger is professor of sociology and coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program.

Table of Contents

Crime & Society	p. iii
Preface	p. xi
	p. 1
The Trauma of Rape	p. 9
The Social Context of Rape	p. 16
Sex and Violence	p. 28
Hidden Rape: Sexual Aggression and Victimization in a National Sample of Students in Higher Education	p. 35
	p. 51
Jay: An """"Armchair"""" Rapist	p. 55
""""Riding the Bull at Gilley's""""	p. 58
Considering Sex Offenders	p. 74
Pornography as Sex Discrimination	p. 99
	p. 107
Child Sexual Abuse	p. 115
These Are the Things I Remember	p. 119
White Man Wants a Black Piece: the Case of Sonia Morrell	p. 129
Fraternities and Rape on Campus	p. 139
Types of Marital Rape	p. 152
The Sexual Politics of Murder	p. 160
Making Female Bodies the Battlefield	p. 171
Dispatch from Bosnia-Herzegovina: a Seventeen-Year-Old Survivor Testifies to Systematic Rape	p. 174
Rape and the Legal System	p. 179
Is It Rape?	p. 183
Jack and Ken	p. 194
Discrediting Victims' Allegations of Sexual Assault	p. 199
Rape, Racism, and the Law	p. 215
Rape-Law Reform	p. 223
Surviving and Preventing Rape	p. 233
Rape Trauma Syndrome	p. 239
When You Grow Up an Abused Child ..	p. 246
Raped: a Male Survivor Breaks His Silence	p. 250
And He Turned around and Ran Away	p. 257
Conclusion	p. 265
References	p. 281
Credits	p. 302
About the Book and Editors	p. 305
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