Violence against Women

Philosophical Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID19906799
AuthorsLaura Purdy (0000-0003-4158-5802)
EditorsStanley G French, Wanda Teays, Laura Martha Purdy
Year1998
Pages272
Publication date1998-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueViolence Against Women (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCornell University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.7591/9781501724213
OpenAlexW4250215344
Open LibraryOL33689558M
ISBN9781501724213
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This is the first anthology to take a theoretical look at violence against women. Each essay shows how philosophy provides a powerful tool for examining a difficult and deep-rooted social problem. Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, and Laura M. Purdy, all philosophers, present a familiar phenomenon in a new and striking fashion.The editors employ a two-tiered approach to this vital issue. Contributors consider both interpersonal violence, such as rape and battering; and also systemic violence, such as sexual harassment, pornography, prostitution, and violence in a medical context. The editors have further broadened the discussion to include such cross-cultural issues as rape in war, dowry deaths, female genital mutilation, and international policies on violence against women. Against this wide range of topics, which integrate personal perspectives with the philosophical, the contributors offer powerful analyses of the causes and effects of violence against women, as well as potential policies for effecting change

Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · crimes against · Family violence · Sexual abuse victims · Sexual harassment · Sexual harassment of women · Women

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