Asking for It Lib/E: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture-And What We Can Do about It Contributor(s): Harding, Kate (Author), Bennett, Erin (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1483038688 ISBN-13: 9781483038681 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sexual Abuse & Harassment - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
Dewey: 364.153 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 6.1" (0.60 lbs) |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harding, Kate: - Kate Harding has been writing popular feminist rants for Internet audiences since 2007, most notably at Jezebel, at Salon's Broadsheet blog, and at her own body-acceptance blog, Shapely Prose. She's also the coauthor of Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere, a major contributor to The Book of Jezebel, and an essayist who's been published in several anthologies, including Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape. Kate recently started a new Tumblr blog, Don't Get Raped (victimblaming.tumblr.com), which uses news items about sexual assault to catalog the many situations women-and men and children-have to avoid to fully protect themselves against the threat of rape. She lives in Minnesota. Bennett, Erin: -Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. |