A Woman Scorned

Acquaintance Rape on Trial

Author: Peggy Reeves Sanday
ISBN: 0385477910

The venerable and often misquoted phrase "Hell hath no fury like a womanscorned" continues to haunt American women who accuse men of sexual harassmentand rape. In this bracing study of American sexual culture and the politics ofacquaintance rape, esteemed anthropologist Peggy Reeves Sanday identifies thesexual stereotypes that continue to obstruct justice and diminish women. Beginning with a harrowing account of the St. John's rape case, Sanday reachesback through British and American landmark rape cases to explain how, with theexception of earliest Colonial times, rape has been a crime notable for placingthe woman on trial. Whether she is charged as a false accuser, gold digger, loose or scorned woman, stereotypes prevail. American jurisprudence and thepublic at large remain divided on acquaintance rape. And now, as the ViolenceAgainst Women Act--the most important legislation for women in twentyyears--has been passed, a new breed of antifeminists has stepped up to theplate to subordi

Publisher: Doubleday
Publish Date: 1996

Subjects: True Crime / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Sexual Assault/Harassment)