Thinking woman-to-woman rape: A critique of Marcus's 'Theory and politics of rape prevention'

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dc.contributor.authorMalinen, KelleyAnne
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-23T15:22:18Z
dc.date.available2020-10-23T15:22:18Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThis article uses the empirical fact of woman-to-woman rape as a lens to critique Sharon Marcus’s ‘‘Fighting Bodies, Fighting Words: A Theory and Politics of Rape Prevention.’’ To the extent that any theory forecloses this fact, we can assume it is erroneous. While Marcus’s work is promising in its intention to deconstruct binary views of gender, it largely reiterates the very dualism it seeks to destabilize. I explore two different deconstructive arguments that can be drawn from the piece, each of which has been adopted by some thinkers. The first forecloses woman-to-woman rape while the second makes theoretical room for it. The second argument has the potential to deconstruct the first. Following the logic of Judith Butler’s thoughts on gender transgression, I suggest a synthesis of these two arguments. Finally, I explore ways the self-defense strategies Marcus pen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fonds de recherche sur la socie´te´ et la culture Sexual and Gender Diversity: Vulnerability and Resistance Research Team (York University)en_US
dc.format.availabilityCitation onlyen_US
dc.identifier.citationMalinen, K. (2012). Thinking woman-to-woman rape: A critique of Marcus's 'Theory and politics of rape prevention'. Sexuality & Culture, 17(2), 360-376.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1007/s12119-012-9155-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10587/2158
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectWoman-to-womanen_US
dc.subjectRapeen_US
dc.subjectInterpersonal violenceen_US
dc.subjectTransgressionen_US
dc.subjectSharon Marcusen_US
dc.subjectJudith Butleren_US
dc.titleThinking woman-to-woman rape: A critique of Marcus's 'Theory and politics of rape prevention'en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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