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20. Men, Masculinity, and Child Sexual Abuse: A Sex and Gender Question

  • Annie Cossins
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Gender Violence, 3rd Edition
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© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 New York University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Dedication v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Preface: Conceptualizing Gender Violence xi
  5. Part I: The Roots of Gendered Violence
  6. Introduction 1
  7. Section 1: Historicizing Gender Violence
  8. Introduction 3
  9. “María de Jesús Mother of Weeping Rocks” 12
  10. 1. Gendered Violence in Small- Scale Societies in the Past 13
  11. 2. Overcoming the Religious and Sexual Legacies of Slavery: An Overview 25
  12. 3. Theorizing Women’s Oppression 42
  13. 4. Sexual Coercion in American Life 51
  14. Section 2: Global Gender Violence: A Template for Exploration
  15. Introduction 61
  16. “Anatomy Lesson” 69
  17. 5. The Socio- Cultural Context of Rape: A Cross- Cultural Study 70
  18. 6. Sexual Violence as a Weapon during the Guatemalan Genocide 88
  19. 7. Situating “Toxic” Masculine Subcultures: Toward Disrupting Gendered Violence 99
  20. Part II: Manifestations of Sexual Coercion and Violence
  21. Introduction 117
  22. Section 1: Harassment and Bullying
  23. Introduction 119
  24. “Agoraphobia” 128
  25. 8. Expanding the Conceptualization of Workplace Violence: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice 130
  26. 9. Everything from “Beautiful” to “Bitch”: Black Women and Street Harassment 144
  27. 10. Gendered Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online 157
  28. 11. #MeToo Has Done What the Law Could Not 174
  29. Section 2: Rape and Sexual Violations
  30. Introduction 177
  31. “Home” 187
  32. 12. Sexual Terrorism in the Twenty- First Century 190
  33. 13. Lessons Still Being Learned from the “Comfort Women” of World War II 212
  34. 14. Forty Years after Brownmiller: Prisons for Men, Transgender Inmates, and the Rape of the Feminine 223
  35. 15. Consent 234
  36. Section 3: Intimate Partner Violence
  37. Introduction 239
  38. “To Judge Faolain, Dead Long Enough: A Summons” 247
  39. 16. Domestic Violence: The Intersection of Gender and Control 249
  40. 17. Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Feminist Perspective 261
  41. 18. Religion and Intimate Partner Violence: A Double- Edged Sword 268
  42. 19. Intimate Partner Violence Survivors: The Struggles of Undocumented Latina Immigrants 282
  43. Section 4: Children and Gender Violence
  44. Introduction 295
  45. “The Second Photograph” 303
  46. 20. Men, Masculinity, and Child Sexual Abuse: A Sex and Gender Question 304
  47. 21. Locating a Secret Problem: Sexual Violence in Elementary and Secondary Schools 314
  48. 22. Where Are the Children?: Theorizing the Missing Piece in Gendered Sexual Violence 325
  49. 23. Rape Culture in Holy Spaces: Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy 335
  50. Section 5: Commodified Bodies: Agency or Violation?
  51. Introduction 353
  52. “The Night Shift” 363
  53. 24. Pornography and Black Women’s Bodies 364
  54. 25. Pornographic Values: Hierarchy and Hubris 371
  55. 26. Making Sense of Sex Work, Prostitution, and Trafficking— in the Classroom and Beyond 378
  56. 27. Intimate States: Policies and Their Effects on Sex Workers 391
  57. Part III: Toward Nonviolence and Gender Justice
  58. Introduction 403
  59. Section 1: Thinking about Change
  60. Introduction 405
  61. From “Reimagining History” 411
  62. 28. Educating for Social Change: Feminist Curriculum and Community Partnerships for Advocacy Training 412
  63. 29. Preventing Gender Violence, Transforming Human Relations: A Case for Coeducation 420
  64. 30. Queer Organizing, Racial Justice, and the Reframing of Intimate Partner Violence 432
  65. 31. Revisiting the Impact of the Sex Industry and Prostitution in Europe 443
  66. 32. Advances and Limitations of Policing and Human Security for Women: Nicaragua in Comparative Perspective 457
  67. 33. Forks in the Road of Men’s Gender Politics: Men’s Rights versus Feminist Allies 468
  68. 34. Linguistic Nonviolence and Human Equality 484
  69. Copyright Acknowledgments 495
  70. Bibliography 499
  71. About the Editors 569
  72. About the Contributors 571
  73. Index 579
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