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Tackling Rape Culture: Ending Patriarchy
Jordan argues that, in order to understand the pandemic of sexual violence, we must view rape culture as a consequence of the social divisiveness that emerges from patriarchy. In advancing this argument, this book offers a comprehensive indictment of the patriarchal system while recognising also women's efforts to resist its edicts.
| Author(s) | By Jan Jordan. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 328 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 8 Jul 2022 |
| Availability | POD |
Jordan argues that, in order to understand the pandemic of sexual violence, we must view rape culture as a consequence of the social divisiveness that emerges from patriarchy. In advancing this argument, this book offers a comprehensive indictment of the patriarchal system while recognising also women's efforts to resist its edicts.
1. The misogyny of rape culture 2. Understanding our patriarchal DNA 3. Silencing women 4. Objectifying women 5. Women objectified 6. Resisting rape culture 7. Ending patriarchy
Jan Jordan is Emerita Professor of Criminology at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. She has spent more than three decades researching sexual violence, with the primary aim of making the voices of women silenced by
