Bibliograph

Violence against women, Noël Merino, Book Editor

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Violence against women, Noël Merino, Book Editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-182) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Violence against women

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

920683244

Responsibility statement

Noël Merino, Book Editor

Series statement

Current controversies

Summary

Violence Against Women includes essays debating the causes and prevalence of various types of violence against women

Table Of Contents

Overview: Sexual violence by gender and race / Matthew J. Breiding et al. -- Violence against women is a major public policy issue / Office on Violence Against Women -- Domestic violence is a problem that deserves more attention / Doug Pardue et al. -- Rape culture? It's too real / Sally Kohn -- Domestic violence myths help no one / Christina Hoff Sommers -- The rape epidemic is a fiction / Kevin D. Williamson -- There is no so-called rape culture / Cathy Young -- Tyrannical military culture causes violence against women / Ann Jones -- Our military, ourselves: Why Americans are to blame for the Pentagon's outrageous sex scandals / Micah Zenko and Amelia Mae Wolf -- One way to end violence against women? Married dads / W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Marriage will not save women from male violence / Amanda Marcotte -- Rape is caused by a culture of toxic masculinity / Jaclyn Friedman -- Rape is not caused by patriarchy and is not normal / Wendy McElroy -- Overview: The Violence Against Women Act / Lisa N. Sacco -- The Violence Against Women Act has reduced violence / The White House -- Two decades of legislation have improved violence against women / Tara Culp-Ressler -- Laws against violence help but enforcement is needed / Ruth Rosen -- Expansion of the Violence Against Women Act is fundamentally flawed / David B. Muhlhausen and Christina Villegas -- The Violence Against Women Act fails because it neglects violence against men / Janice Shaw Crouse -- Overview: Violence against women worldwide / United Nations -- War's overlooked victims / The Economist -- Violence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse? / Sara Miller Llana and Sibylla Brodzinsky -- Why India is sitting on a social time-bomb of violence against women / Sunny Hundal -- Surging violence against women in Iraq / Zahra Radwan and Zoe Blumenfeld -- Turkey's rampant domestic violence problem / Emily Feldman

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