Chapter 2 Before #MeToo

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. The Promise of #MeToo as a Theoretical Lens 1
5. Sexual Politics and Violence in Established Genres
6. Delightful Duties? 11
7. Before #MeToo 29
8. A Rapist in My Apartment 47
9. Deny the Beast 63
10. A Woman of Obvious Power 79
11. Consequences and the Fixing Gaze: Surveillance and Rape/Revenge
12. “The Rapiest Film of the 1980s” 95
13. “Nothing happened to her that she didn’t invite” 117
14. Survivors in Rape-Revenge Films 135
15. Painting Pain on Her Skin 155
16. Teen Comedies and Women’s Horror Stories in the #MeToo Era
17. Taking Consent into Account 175
18. Flipping the Script on Consent 193
19. Seeing What Isn't There 211
20. Believable 225
21. Contributors 241
22. Index 245