Rape - From Lucretia to #MeToo (Sanyal Mithu)(Pevná vazba)

The way we think about rape is intricately linked to the way we think about sex - and that means sexuality and gender in equal measure. Why do we speak and think about rape the way we do? From Jimmy Savile and Roman Polanski, Julian Assange and Dominique Strauss-Kahn to gang rape in Delhi and New Years Eve attacks in Cologne, Germany - there is no shortage of media coverage and fierce social debate about rape. Germany recently changed its rape law to include No means no, while Britain implemented Yes means yes. But what exactly is a rape culture? Why do we expect victims to be irreparably damaged? Why is it so hard to think of men as victims of rape? Cultural critic Mithu Sanyal takes on these tangled questions in the first comprehensive analysis of the crime that shapes society's attitudes towards gender, race and vulnerability. She contends that it is high time for a
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