A Woman Scorned: Acquaintance Rape on Trial, with a New Preface

by Peggy Reeves Sanday

Book Overview

In this bracing study of American sexual culture This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520210921
• ISBN13: 9780520210929
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Change happens slowly...

Simply put, I was shocked by what I read in this book (being a person who firmly believes we live in a just society). I figure this "just" attribute is something left from childhood that is overly naïve and is something that needs to go out with the trash next week. Not knowing much concerning the issue of acquaintance rape apart from some exposure to the issue by hearing sad stories of abuse from college days, I figured I would read up on this issue. I am very glad I did as this book covers the history of rape, how the law has been against the female sex for over 300 years in dealing with rape, and how the majority of rapes are committed by people the person knows. I suggest this book for all people who need to move beyond the objectifying nature of women in society, and to create the space for much needed empathy for all people who have encountered sexual abuse within their lifetime.