Description
| Product ID: | 9780738217024 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Asking for It |
| Subtitle: | The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--and What We Can Do about It |
| Authors: | Author: Kate Harding |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Society and Social Sciences, Society & social sciences |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A noted blogger and author examines sexual assault as a social phenomenon: provocative, sharp, and b.s.-free, Asking for It tackles rape culture and also offers suggestions for moving toward a culture that fully respects and supports victims, while protecting the rights of the accused. Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape. And whether that''s a football star, beloved celebrity, elected official, member of the clergy, or just an average Joe (or Joanna), there''s probably a community eager to make excuses for that person.In Asking for It , Kate Harding combines in-depth research with an in-your-face voice to make the case that twenty-first-century America supports rapists more effectively than it supports victims. Drawing on real-world examples of what feminists call "rape culture",from politicos'' revealing gaffes to institutional failures in higher education and the military,Harding offers ideas and suggestions for how we, as a society, can take sexual violence much more seriously without compromising the rights of the accused. |
| Imprint Name: | Da Capo Lifelong |
| Publisher Name: | Hachette Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-08-25 |
