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Book SynopsisExamines the nature of campus life today and the possibility of creating a rape-free campus culture
Trade Review"A classic. Fraternity Gang Rape is a fascinating analysis of how all-male groups such as fraternities or athletic teams may create a rape culture where behavior occurs that few individuals acting alone would perpetrate. The new introduction and afterword shed light on how this pernicious problem continues today, insightfully illuminating the complicity of society in the failure of accountability for acquaintance rape." -- Mary P. Koss,co-editor of No Safe Haven
"Powerfully moving and analytically provocative. . . . If the college or university at which AJS readers teach has a fraternity or sorority system, this book will be useful in understanding the way those organizations not only construct the gender relations between women and men on campus but also provide a map of male domination that members can take with them for the rest of their lives." -- Michael S. Kimmel * American Journal of Sociology *
"A powerful and important book." * Contemporary Psychology *
"Sanday draws a chilling picture of fraternity society, its debasement of women and the way it creates a looking-glass world in which gang rape can be considered normal behavior and the pressure of group-think it powerful." * The Philadelphia Inquirer *
"Full of insights . . . an important contribution . . . written in accessible prose and ideal for course use." * Women's Review of Books *
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition Foreword by Judge Lois G. Forer Introduction to the First Edition Acknowledgments I The XYZ Express1 Campus Party Culture 2 The XYZ Express 3 Rape or "She Asked for It"? 4 Other Victims, Other Campuses II Phallocentrism, Male Power, and Silencing the Feminine5 "Working a Yes Out": Fraternity Sexual Discourse 6 The Initiation Ritual: AModel for Life 7 The Law of the Brothers8 Constructing a Sexist Subjectivity Afterword: 2006-Has Anything Changed? BibliographyIndex About the Author
