Understanding Sexual Violence examines the structural supports for rape in sexually violent cultures and dispels a number of myths about sexual violence--for example, that childhood abuse, alcohol, and drugs are direct causes of rape.
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This review is from: Understanding Sexual Violence: A Study of Convicted Rapists (Perspectives on Gender) (Paperback)
This is an excellent book which takes an in depth look at convicted rapists in an attempt to understand why men rape. It's not a perfect study, as the author freely admits, because it only includes men who have actually been convicted and incarcerated for rape. But despite the limitations of the sample, the book does an excellent job of attempting to answer the question "why do men rape?". It is an enlightening and important book, and one which may provide its female readers with an understanding which will allow them to better protect themselves from dangerous situations.
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Indispensable book about sexual violence,
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This is one of my most referred-to books in conversation, especially when I am debating facts about sexual violence towards women. Such an interesting study, I could read it again and again.
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This book, which is about men's sexual violence toward women, is the result of several demanding, often frustrating, my research associate, Joseph Marolla, and I entered men's maximum- and medium-security prisons and interviewed 114 convicted rapists as well as a contrast group of 75 other felons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sexually violent men, rape stereotypes, other felons, sexually violent behavior, one denier, gang date, typical rapist, compulsive masculinity, psychopathological model, incarcerated rapists, prison research, convicted rapists, collective liability, victim resistance, stranger rapes, rape myths, interracial rape, violent pornography, significant women, sexual violence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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This book, which is about men's sexual violence toward women, is the result of several demanding, often frustrating, my research associate, Joseph Marolla, and I entered men's maximum- and medium-security prisons and interviewed 114 convicted rapists as well as a contrast group of 75 other felons. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sexually violent men, rape stereotypes, other felons, sexually violent behavior, one denier, gang date, typical rapist, compulsive masculinity, psychopathological model, incarcerated rapists, prison research, convicted rapists, collective liability, victim resistance, stranger rapes, rape myths, interracial rape, violent pornography, significant women, sexual violence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- RAPE & SEXUAL ASSAULT 1 (Garland Reference Library of Social Science) by Burgess on 5 pages
- Pornography and Sexual Aggression by Author Unknown in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Dover Thrift Editions) by Harriet Jacobs on page 145, and Back Matter
- Women, Violence and Social Control (Explorations in Sociology) in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Reconcilable Differences: Confronting Beauty, Pornography, and the Future of Feminism by Lynn S. Chancer on 4 pages
- Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) by Bernadette J. Brooten on page 86, and page 91
- Erotic Justice: A Liberating Ethic of Sexuality by Marvin M. Ellison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Working with Men: Feminism and Social Work (State of Welfare) by Kate Cavanagh in Back Matter
- Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society) by Bernadette J. Brooten on page 103
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