Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
1978; National Council on Family Relations; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/582736
ISSN2325-5501
AutoresDaniel F. Hobbs, Susan Brownmiller,
Tópico(s)Gender, Security, and Conflict
ResumoThe author shows why she considers rape not to be just a brutal crime but a reflection of how our society is conditioned. To do this she traces the use and meaning of rape from Biblical times through to Bangladesh and Vietnam, unravels the origins of rape laws in medieval codes and examines interracial and homosexual rape and child molestation. She also includes a discussion of Freudian sexual psychology, legal defence strategy and the message behind popular books, magazines and films. Always, she argues, the myths generated by the latter serve to glamorize the victim while they romanticize the rapist - even in cases of rape murder.
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