Sexual Citizens
Description
"Profoundly eye-opening.... Hirsch and Khan present a novel model for explaining and responding to campus sexual assault.” —Claire M. Renzetti, Science
Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. But why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life, and what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study to date of sexual assault on a campus, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault's social roots, based on the powerful concepts of "sexual projects,” "sexual citizenship,” and "sexual geographies.” Empathic, insightful, and far-ranging, Sexual Citizens transforms our understanding of sexual assault and offers a roadmap for how to address it.
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Persons
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction: A New Approach
- 1. Sexual Assaults
- 2. Under One Roof
- 3. The Toxic Campus Brew
- 4. What is Sex For?
- 5. Consent
- 6. Acts of Entitlement, Self-Absorption, and Violence
- 7. The Power of the Group
- 8. The Aftermath
- 9. Gender and Beyond
- Conclusions: Forming Sexual Citizens
- Appendix A: Methodology
- Appendix B: Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
