Part 1 A glimpse inside: androcentric bias in the sciences; the need for feminist research on men's world; are convicted rapists the best targets?; lasting impressions - a women's view of life inside men's prisons; in the company of rapists; the interview, a social encounter; protecting the rights of participants; do convicts "con"?; trials and tribulations of prison research. Part 2 Rape is the problem: rape as women's problem; the medicalizaton of rape; is rape a disease?; blaming the victim; why isn't rape men's problem?; culture's contribution; "the all American crime"; the boy next door; pornography and the normalization of rape; rape as learned and rewarding behaviour. Part 3 Profile of convicted rapists: history and background - childhood and parental relationships, family violence and child abuse, sexual experiences and relationships with women, psychiatric history and alcohol/drug use, careers in crime; attitudes and beliefs - women on a pedestal, men who rape and masculinity, myths, stereotypes and definitions of rape; summary profile of convicted rapists. Part 4 Nothing is rape - justifying sexual violence: learning to rape; denying rape - women as seductresses, women mean "yes" when they say "no", women eventually "relax and enjoy it", nice girls don't get raped, only a minor wrongdoing, macho man image; imperceptiveness and distorted self image; "just something I wanted to do"; justifying rape. Part 5 No one is a rapist - excusing sexual violence: admitting rape - the role of alcohol and drugs in sexual violence, the sick role, nice guy, "a dangerous and vicious animal"; "dirty and degraded"; excusing sexual violence. Part 6 Rape - a low risk, high reward crime: what men gain from sexual violence - revenge and punishment, an added bonus, sexual access, impersonal sex, rape fantasy and pornography, recreation and adventure, feeling good; rape - some men's pleasure. Part 7 Isn't rape men's problem?: cultural origins of the motivation to rape; types of men who rape; "pedestal" values and other dangerous attitudes; patriarchy and the inevitability of sexual violence. Part 8 Afterword - defending against rape: fear of rape; what would a rapist do? - stranger rapes, group rapes, acquaintance rapes; defending against rape.
