Description
Book SynopsisIn this timely and important collection, contributors show #MeToo is not only a support network of victims' voices and testimonies but also a revolutionary interrogation of policies, power imbalances, and ethical failures that resulted in decades-long cover-ups and institutions structured to ensure continued abuse.
Trade ReviewInstitutional Sexual Abuse in the #MeToo Era demonstrates the pervasiveness of sexual violence. It challenges the reader to grow beyond a focus on the impacts of sexual violence at the individual level and, instead, to become critical of the societal and institutional ineptitude that have sacrificed the well-being of generations who hold marginalized identities." —Jennifer Brockman, director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Examining Institutional Sexual Abuse during the #MeToo Era — Jason D. Spraitz & Kendra N. Bowen
- Section I. Institutions of Higher Learning
- Chapter 1. “All I Wanted was an Education”: Sexual Abuse in Higher Education and the Impact of #MeToo — Mia Gilliam & Shelly Clevenger
- Chapter 2. Finding the Strength to Speak Out, Waiting to be Heard: #MeToo on College Campuses — Nicole Bedera
- Section II. Religious and Political Institutions
- Chapter 3. “Pestminister” Politics: Local and International Dimensions of the #MeToo Movement — Amina Zarrugh
- Chapter 4. Sexual Abuse in Religious Institutions — Jason D. Spraitz & Kendra N. Bowen
- Section III. Custodial Institutions
- Chapter 5. #MeToo in the U.S. Foster Care System — ReneÈ Lamphere
- Chapter 6. Examining Sexual Violence and Harassment in the U.S. Corrections System through #MeToo — ReneÈ Lamphere & Matthew Hassett
- Section IV. Media and Cultural Institutions
- Chapter 7. Lights, Camera, Abuse: Exploring #MeToo in Hollywood — Ashley Wellman
- Chapter 8. Sexual Abuse in Sport: Hegemonic Masculinity and Institutional Failures — Pamela J. Forman, Anne M. Nurse, & Amelia D. Montie
- Chapter 9. Between Subject and Object: How Mass Media Industries Have Enabled Sexual Misconduct and Harassment—and How They Also Exposed Them — Jacqueline Lambiase, Tracy Everbach, & Carolyn Bronstein
- Chapter 10: #MeToo and Social Media — Tania G. Levey
- Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? — Kendra N. Bowen & Jason D. Spraitz
- About the Contributors
