Violence against women : philosophical perspectives / edited by Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, Laura M. Purdy.

Other author French, Stanley G.
Other author Teays, Wanda.
Other author Purdy, Laura Martha.
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Descriptionix, 260 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Women--Crimes against.
Sexual harassment of women.
Sexual abuse victims.
Family violence.

Contents Sexual assault -- Surviving sexual violence: a philosophical perspective / Susan J. Brison -- Sexual assault and the problem of consent / Patricia Kazan -- Rape, genocide, and women's human rights / Catharine A. MacKinnon -- Domestic violence -- Standards of perfection and battered women's self-defense / Wanda Teays -- Violence in Bangladesh / Roksana Nazneen -- Female genital mutilation: violence in the nature of tradition, religion, and social imperative / Semra Asefa -- Sexual harassment in legal and medical contexts -- Identifying sexual harassment: the reasonable woman standard / Debra A. DeBruin -- "Her body her own worst enemy": the medicalization of violence against women / Abby L. Wilkerson -- Pornography and prostitution -- Media liability for personal injury caused by pornography / Edith L. Pacillo -- The myth of the happy hooker: Kantian moral reflections on a phenomenology of prostitution / Clelia Smyth Anderson and Yolanda Estes -- Policies and perspectives on violence -- Violence and transcultural values / Arnold R. Eiser -- International development paradigms and violence against women / Natalie Dandekar -- Resistance to prevention: reconsidering feminist antiviolence rhetoric / Nadya Burton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-256) and index.
LCCN 97046848
ISBN0801434416 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801484529 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV6250.4.W65 V565 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold