Unwanted advances
Subtitle: sexual paranoia comes to campus
By: Laura Kipnis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; Harper
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780062657862
Subjects: Social conditions; Women; Rape in universities and colleges; Sexual harassment in universities and colleges; Women's rights
Description: From a highly regarded feminist, cultural critic, and professor comes a polemic arguing that the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses doesn't empower women, it impedes the fight for gender equality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245).
Table of contents: title: Sexual paranoia on campus; title: The accusation factory : fantasies and realities; title: Flip-flopping on consent : a "yes" becomes a "no" years after the fact; title: My Title IX inquisition : the "safer" the space, the more dangerous for professors; title: F*** confidentiality : reports from secret campus tribunals across America; title: Sexual miseducation : a plea for grown-up feminism; title: Coda: Eyewitness to a witch trial.