Asking for It

The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--and What We Can Do about It

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By Kate Harding

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In the era of #metoo, a clear-eyed, sharp look at rape culture, sexual assault, harassment and violence against women–and what we can do about it.

“A timely and brilliant book.” (Jessica Valenti)

Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape. And whether that’s a football star, beloved celebrity, elected official, member of the clergy, or just an average Joe (or Joanna), there’s probably a community eager to make excuses for that person.

In Asking for It, Kate Harding combines in-depth research with a frank, no-holds-barred voice to make the case that twenty-first-century America supports rapists more effectively than it supports victims. From institutional failures in higher education to real-world examples of rape culture, Harding offers ideas and suggestions for how we, as a society, can take sexual violence much more seriously without compromising the rights of the accused.

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On Sale
Aug 25, 2015
Page Count
272 pages
ISBN-13
9780738217024

Kate Harding

About the Author

Kate Harding is the coeditor of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America, coauthor of Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere and a contributor to The Book of Jezebel. The cohost of the Feminasty podcast, she lives in Florida.

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