This bracing study of American sexual culture and the politics of acquaintance rape identifies and examines the sexual stereotypes that continue to obstruct justice and diminish women.
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This bracing study of American sexual culture and the politics of acquaintance rape identifies and examines the sexual stereotypes that continue to obstruct justice and diminish women.
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New. Hardcover New Ships From Canada Previous owners name on first blank page, otherwise new Sewn binding Cloth over boards Audience: General/trade Book Description: In this bracing study of American sexual culture and the politics of acquaintance rape, esteemed anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday identifies the sexual stereotypes that continue to obstruct justice and diminish women Beginning with a harrowing account of the St John's rape case, Sanday reaches back through British and American landmark rape cases to explain how, with the exception of earliest Colonial times, rape has been a crime notable for placing the woman on trial A ground-breaking work of scholarship, A Woman Scorned brings a broader perspective to our understanding of acquaintance rape and envisions, finally, a new paradigm for female sexual equality--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title Ingram A study of American sexual culture and the politics of acquaintance rape identifies and examine.