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title: "Rape Is Rape: How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis"
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# Rape Is Rape: How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis

**Brand:** jody raphael jd
**Price:** € 39.65
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- **What is this?** Rape Is Rape: How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis by jody raphael jd
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Rape Is Rape: How Denial, Distortion, and Victim Blaming Are Fueling a Hidden Acquaintance Rape Crisis

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## Customer Reviews

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    Brilliant!
  

*by P***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 7, 2013*

What a compelling case Jody Raphael makes to clarify her message about acquaintance rapes.Through references to studies on rape and through interviews with rape victims, Raphael articulates some of the challenges that a rape victim faces - especially those raped by someone they know. One, a rape victim is met with indifference and disbelief and is further punished for having complained about her situation.While one may have read about victim blaming before, to read about such instances one after the other, page after page, was proving to be very depressing. These victims faced further harassment from their friends, police, hospital and their universities. The situation was reinforced in the cases of celebrity rapes as well. In almost all celebrity cases, the victim was met with suspicion by the media. After all, why would the celebrity have to do that? It was more probable that the woman was a money digger! The audacity of justifications for rape, left me gaping with wonder.Raphael also makes a wonderful case about how rape is denied in the media. In the beginning chapters, the author takes us through various studies of rape victim advocates and of rape deniers, clarifying how data can be wrongly used to deny the prevalence of rape.It is a brilliant book. Acquaintance rape is difficult to prove. In most cases the rapist would put forward the defense that the rape was consensual. Thus, the act may either be seen as a response to 'bad sex' or as a stupid act rather than a criminal one. In most cases it is difficult to prove that that rape had occurred. However, Raphael suggests that even in those cases, there are physical evidences which may be useful. But the system needs to be supportive of rape victims to make sure that those evidences are collected. But in most cases, the initial response is to question the rape victim about the clothes they wear, the amount of alcohol in their body, or the place they chose to be. This book is a reminder for the last line in this book - Rape is Rape. There can be no justification.

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    Excellent. A must read.
  

*by B***T on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 17, 2013*

Raphael’s book is very well done, I would recommend it. I foudn this book very thought provoking and will be referencing it in my own work and courses I teach---realluy useful information. I bought this book when I heard that there was some controversy over it---I wanted to see what the issue was. Raphael reviews several points of view regarding sexual assault, rape, and in particular acquaintance rape. To be clear, this is not a singular view that all men rape, or all rape is the same & should be treated as such. Instead, the complications of a variety of sexual assaults, consensual relations and the request to stop those behaviors, and the influence of drugs and alcohol on intimate relations & sexual assault are considered. Additionally, prison rape is also addressed. Further, the often unique issues of these situations on college campuses are also examined.Using several first-hand accounts of acquaintance rape, Raphael is able to focus on several key factors that are necessary to understand the larger social implications while keeping it grounded to real-life examples. The quality of the research does not stop with the text itself, there are also about 50 pages of endnotes, references for further reading, and an index. I have already recommended this book to colleagues and persons working with sexual assault survivors. Check it out.

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    Fortunately makes the subject somewhat mundane
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2020*

And Julien Assange is involved.  I wouldn't want to read a book on the subject that is harrowing.  Conservatives have a fancy word for rape.  It is "forced consent."  They also have another word, "claim."

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