Breaking the Silence
When it comes to fighting back against rape, resistance is not futile. So why aren’t we talking about it?
By Liz Springate
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SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING
- Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism and the Politics of Sexual Assault, by Maria Bevacqua (Northeastern University Press, 2000)
- “Resistance to Prevention: Reconsidering Feminist Antiviolence Rhetoric” by Nadya Burton, in Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays and Laura M. Purdy (Cornell University Press, 1998)
- Her Wits About Her: Self-defense Success Stories by Women, by Denise Caignon and Gail Groves (Harper & Row, 1987)
- “‘I Wasn’t Raped, But…’ Revisiting Definitional Problems in Sexual Victimization” by Nicola Gavey, in New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle With the Concept, edited by Sharon Lamb (New York University Press, 1999)
- “Fighting Bodies, Fighting Words: A Theory and Politics of Rape Prevention” by Sharon Marcus, in Feminists Theorize the Political, edited by Judith Butler and Joan W. Scott (Routledge, 1992)
- “Toward a New Feminist Theory of Rape” by Carine M. Mardorossian, in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Volume 27, Issue 3, 2002
- Real Knockouts: The Physical Feminism of Women’s Self-defense, by Martha McCaughey (New York University Press, 1997)
