2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section 2008 Finalist, The Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills Award Much has been written about the challenges that face urban Afri…
"Sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and even gang rape are not uncommon experiences for many African American girls living in poor urban neighborhoods. In Getting Played, Jody Miller presents a compelling picture of how inextricably linked such violence is to th…
Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent s…
This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010. It analyzes why these laws exist in some places and not others, and why they are stronger or…
"Although awareness of campus sexual assault is at a historic high, institutional responses to incidents of sexual violence remain widely varied. The Crisis of Campus Sexual Violence provides higher education scholars, administrators, and practitioners with a necessary and more …
"Gendertrolling arises out of the same misogyny that fuels other "real life" forms of harassment and abuse of women. This book explains this phenomenon, the way it can impact women's lives, and how it can be stopped" "You may be surfing the internet and come across a topic bein…
"Gendertrolling arises out of the same misogyny that fuels other "real life" forms of harassment and abuse of women. This book explains this phenomenon, the way it can impact women's lives, and how it can be stopped. Designed to educate the general public on a popular and brutal…
"Sexual harassment is an issue in which feminists are usually thought to be on the plaintiff's side. But in 1993 -- amid considerable attention from the national academic community -- Jane Gallop, a prominent feminist professor of literature, was accused of sexual harassment by …
"Sexual harassment is an issue in which feminists are usually thought to be on the plaintiff's side. But in 1993 -- amid considerable attention from the national academic community -- Jane Gallop, a prominent feminist professor of literature, was accused of sexual harassment by …
"Reexamining feminist sexual politics since the 1970s-the rivalries and the remarkable alliances"--
