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020			_a9781003289913
040			_aAFVC
100			_aJordan, Jan _91445
245			_aTackling rape culture : _bending patriarchy _cJan Jordan
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2022
300			_aelectronic document (338 pages)
520			_aIn this book, Jan Jordan asks why, despite decades of feminist activism, does rape culture remain so endemic within contemporary society. She argues that, in order to understand the global pandemic of sexual violence, we must view rape culture as a consequence of the social divisiveness that emerges from the logic of patriarchy. In advancing this argument, Jordan offers a comprehensive indictment of the patriarchal system while recognising also women’s efforts to resist its edicts. Jordan critically explores two mechanisms that she argues are central to the maintenance and reproduction of rape culture - silencing and objectification. Both are examined as patriarchal strategies that have been relied on for centuries to control and constrain women’s lives, silencing their voices and keeping them as ‘othered’ outsiders in a male-defined world. Women throughout history have sought ways to resist such control and, since the second-wave women’s movement of the 1970s, this has included multiple initiatives both offline and more recently online. While #MeToo is being hailed by many as evidence that the silencing of women’s voices about rape has finally been broken, Jordan urges a more critical appraisal given the continued dominance of patriarchal thinking. To end rape culture, Jordan argues, we must end patriarchy. (From the website). Record #8349
650			_aATTITUDES _970
650			_aPATRIARCHY _911129
650			_aPREVENTION _9458
650			_aRAPE CULTURE _94518
650		4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289913 _zDOI: 10.4324/9781003289913
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _hnews122