Violence against women permeates our society at every level, in every setting. Murder, rape, intimidation, pornography, workplace harassment, incest are all part of a general belief built into the roots of patriarchal society: Women are proper targets of male violence.
The chapters in this book, contributed by some of the most prolific contemporary writers on women's issues, explore this culture of violence and oppression, examining its ideological underpinnings and its structural supports in the social, political and legal systems that protect the violent by blaming the victim.Violence against women permeates our society at every level, in every setting. Murder, rape, intimidation, pornography, workplace harassment, incest are all part of a general belief built into the roots of patriarchal society: Women are proper targets of male violence.
The chapters in this book, contributed by some of the most prolific contemporary writers on women's issues, explore this culture of violence and oppression, examining its ideological underpinnings and its structural supports in the social, political and legal systems that protect the violent by blaming the victim.Foreword - Judith Lorber
PART ONE: TYPES OF VIOLENCE WOMEN EXPERIENCE
Introduction
Prior Restraint - Pauline B Bart
The Sexual Politics of Murder - Jane Caputi
`Riding the Bull at Gilley's' - Diana Scully and Joseph Marolla
Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape
Father-Daughter Incest - Judith Herman with Lisa Hirschman
Put Up and Shut Up - Beth E Schneider
Workplace Sexual Assaults
The Invisible Intruder - Carole J Sheffield
Women's Experiences of Obscene Phone Calls
PART TWO: STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Introduction
The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood - Plc
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