Full name: Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture—and What We Can Do About It

Author: Kate Harding Year: 2014 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Feminism, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780738217024 0738217026

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest. Congressman Todd Akin's "legitimate" gaffe. The alleged rape crew of Steubenville, Ohio. Sexual violence has been so prominent in recent years that the feminist term "rape culture" has finally entered the mainstream. But what, exactly, is it? And how do we change it? In Asking for It, Kate Harding answers those questions in the same blunt, bullshit-free voice that's made her a powerhouse feminist blogger. Combining in-depth research with practical knowledge, Asking for It makes the case that twenty-first century America--where it's estimated that out of every 100 rapes only 5 result in felony convictions--supports rapists more effectively than victims. Harding offers ideas and suggestions for addressing how we as a culture can take rape much more seriously without compromising the rights of the accused. Similar books: Nobody's Victim by Carrie Goldberg Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister Hidden America by Jeanne Marie Laskas Why Have Kids? by Jessica Valenti Slut! by Leora Tanenbaum Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs A False Report by T. Christian Miller Girl Land by Caitlin Flanagan Once Upon a Quinceanera by Julia Alvarez Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins Where We Stand by Bell Hooks