Sexual citizens a landmark study of sex, power, and assault on campus
The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. 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?...
| Main Authors: | Hirsch, Jennifer S. (Author), Khan, Shamus Rahman (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
The fear of campus sexual assault has become an inextricable part of the college experience. 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 of sexual assault on a campus to date, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault's social roots, transcending current debates about consent, predators in a "hunting ground," and the dangers of hooking up. |
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| Physical Description: |
xxxiv, 395 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-372) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781324001706 1324001704 |
| Author Notes: |
Shamus Khan is a professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton University, and coheaded the ethnographic team of SHIFT, the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation, at Columbia University. |