THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MURDER
1989; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 3; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/089124389003004003
ISSN1552-3977
Autores Tópico(s)Torture, Ethics, and Law
ResumoIn mainstream discussion, violent crimes against women frequently are presented as inexplicable and their perpetrators as social deviants. Feminists have argued for an awareness of the sexually political and conformist nature of such crimes and have invented the word gynocide to name the range of systematic violence against women by men. I look at the issues raised by three recent manifestations of gynocide in the United States: the battering of Hedda Nussbaum and murder of Lisa Steinberg by Joel Steinberg, the execution of serial killer Ted Bundy, and a series of murders of “prestigeless” women.
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