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Blurb: “Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear.'
Opening her book with this explosive statement Susan Brownmiller goes on to show why she considers rape to be not just a brutal crime but a reflection of how our society is conditioned. To do this she traces the use and meaning of rape from Biblical times through to Bangladesh and Vietnam; unravels the origins of rape laws in medieval codes; and examines interracial and homosexual rape and child molestation. She also includes a discussion on Freudian sexual psychology, legal defence strategy and on the message behind popular books, magazines and films.
Always, she argues, the myths generated by the latter serve to glamorize the victim while they romanticize the rapist-even in cases of rape murder.
Against Our Will sheds a new and blinding light on the tensions that exist between men and women. It was written to give rape its history. Now, as Susan Brownmiller concludes 'we must deny it a future.'
'Brilliant, fascinating' -Hibernia
'A classic book' - The Times Educational Supplement
Thoughtful, informative and well-researched' - New Statesman”