Author(s): Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti
Publisher: Basic Books
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 384
Tags: Feminism, Rape Culture, Gender Studies,
CONTENTS
Foreword . . . 1
Introduction . . . 5
1 Offensive Feminism: The Conservative Gender Norms That Perpetuate Rape Culture, and How Feminists Can Fight Back 13
2 Toward a Performance Model of Sex 29
3 Beyond Yes or No: Consent as Sexual Process . . . 43
4 A Woman’s Worth . . . 53
5 How Do You Fuck a Fat Woman? . . . 67
6 Queering Black Female Heterosexuality 77
7 What It Feels Like When It Finally Comes: Surviving Incestin Real Life . . . 93
8 A Love Letter from an Anti-Rape Activist to Her Feminist Sex-Toy Store . . . 107
9 The Fantasy of Acceptable “Non-Consent”: Why the Female Sexual Submissive Scares Us (and Why She Shouldn’t) . . . 117
10 Invasion of Space by a Female . . . 127
11 When Sexual Autonomy Isn’t Enough: Sexual Violence Against Immigrant Women in the United States . . . 141
12 Trial by Media: Black Female Lasciviousness and the Question of Consent . . . 151
13 An Old Enemy in a New Outfit: How Date Rape Became Gray Rape and Why It Matters . . . 163
14 Reclaiming Touch: Rape Culture, Explicit Verbal Consent, and Body Sovereignty 171
15 An Immodest Proposal . . . 179
16 Hooking Up with Healthy Sexuality: The Lessons Boys Learn (and Don’t Learn) About Sexuality, and Why a Sex-Positive Rape Prevention Paradigm Can Benefit Everyone Involved . . . 193
17 The Not-Rape Epidemic . . . 209
18 Shame Is the First Betrayer . . . 221
19 Why Nice Guys Finish Last . . . 227
20 Sex Worth Fighting For . . . 241
Killing Misogyny: A Personal Story of Love, Violence, and Strategies for Survival 251
22 When Pregnancy Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws WillBe Pregnant . . . 265
23 Who’re You Calling a Whore?: A Conversation with Three Sex Workers on Sexuality, Empowerment, and the Industry . . . 273
24 The Process-Oriented Virgin . . . 287
25 Purely Rape: The Myth of Sexual Purity and How It Reinforces Rape Culture . . . 299
26 Real Sex Education . . . 305
27 In Defense of Going Wild or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Pleasure (and How You Can, Too) . . . 313
notes . . . 321
contents [by theme] . . . 333
about the contributors . . . 341
