Researching Sexual Violence against Women Methodological and Personal Perspectives

by Martin D. Schwartz

• ISBN13: 9780803973695
• ISBN10: 0803973691
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-05
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

This compelling book provides cutting-edge information on studies on sexual violence against women conducted on North American campuses - and simultaneously contradicts backlash critics who claim that feminists exaggerate their statistics.Well-known researchers in the field describe their own work and that of others to illustrate both large-scale and local studies. Topics discussed include: researchers' own emotional experiences of working with rape research; experiences of harassment by subjects; feminist participatory research into lesbian battering; reflexivity in studying prostitutes; the gendered nature of research interviews; and white women studying battered black women.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
I. Introduction: Research on Sexual Assault on College Campuses	1	(70)
Martin D. Schwartz
Stepping on Toes: Social Roots of Date Rape Lead to Intractability and Politicization	4	(18)
Mary P. Koss
Hobart H. Cleveland
A Longitudinal Approach to the Study of Sexual Assault: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations	22	(21)
Jacquelyn W. White
John A. Humphrey
Measuring Sexual Abuse in Canadian University/College Dating Relationships: The Contribution of a National Representative Sample Survey	43	(11)
Walter S. DeKeseredy
Acquaintance Rape Is Real Rape	54	(11)
Patricia A. Frazier
Lisa M. Seales
Self-Blame in Hidden Rape Cases	65	(6)
Victoria L. Pitts
Martin D. Schwartz
II. Emotion in Researching Violence Against Women	71	(58)
Martin D. Schwartz
``I Second That Emotion'': Reflections on Feminism, Emotionality, and Research on Sexual Violence	74	(12)
Elizabeth A. Stanko
Activist Research and Social Narratives: Dialectics of Power, Privilege, and Institutional Change	86	(15)
Susan K. Hippensteele
Field Research With Phone Sex Workers: Managing the Researcher's Emotions	101	(14)
Christine Mattley
The Sexual Harassment of Researchers by Research Subjects: Lessons From the Field	115	(14)
Jennifer K. Huff
III. Doing Research on Violence Against Women	129	(64)
Martin D. Schwartz
Confessions of a Reformed Positivist: Feminist Participatory Research as Good Social Science	131	(13)
Claire M. Renzetti
Researching Violence Against Street Prostitutes: Issues of Epistemology, Methodology, and Ethics	144	(13)
Jody Miller
Measuring Violence Against Women: The Interview as a Gendered Social Encounter	157	(22)
Dawn H. Currie
Brian D. MacLean
Studying Violence Against Women of Color: Problems Faced by a White Woman	179	(14)
Kimberly A. Huisman
References	193	(16)
Index	209	(9)
About the Authors	218