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Defining Rape Culture

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EMERALD STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, FEMINISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Series Editors:

• Sandra Walklate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia.

• Kate Fitz-Gibbon, School of Social Sciences at Monash University and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia.

• Walter S. DeKeseredy, West Virginia University, USA.

Emerald Studies in Criminology, Feminism and Social Change offers a platform for innovative, engaged, and forward-looking feminist-informed work to explore the interconnections between social change and the capacity of criminology to grapple with the implications of such change.

Social change, whether as a result of the movement of peoples, the impact of new technologies, the potential consequences of climate change, or more commonly identified features of changing societies, such as ageing populations, inter-generational conflict, the changing nature of work, increasing awareness of the problem of gendered violence(s), and/or changing economic and political con-text, takes its toll across the globe in infinitely more nuanced and interconnected ways than previously imagined. Each of these connections carry implications for what is understood as crime, the criminal, the victim of crime, and the capacity of criminology as a discipline to make sense of these evolving interconnections. Feminist analysis, despite its contentious relationship with the discipline of criminology, has much to offer in strengthening the discipline to better understand the complexity of the world in the twenty-first century and to scan the horizon for emerging, possible or likely futures.

This series invites feminist-informed scholars, particularly those working comparatively across disciplinary boundaries to take up the challenges posed by social change for the discipline of criminology. The series offers authors a space to adopt and develop strong, critical personal views whether in the format of research monographs, single or co-authored books, or edited collections. We are keen to promote global views and debates on these issues and welcome proposals embracing such perspectives.

Forthcoming titles in this series:

• Explanations, Self-change and Social Friction in Men’s Narratives of Sexual Violence Perpetration: How to Change the Past

  Anja Emilie Kruse

• Drilling Down on Patriarchy: Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women in Rural Places

  Walter S. DeKeseredy, Joseph F. Donnermeyer, Jayne Mooney and Fintan Mooney

• Carceral Feminicidio: The Disappearance of Indigenous Women into Prisons

  Gillian Balfour

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Defining Rape Culture: Gender, Race and the Move Toward International Social Change

BY

REBECCA M. HAYES

Central Michigan University, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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About the Author

Rebecca M. Hayes is a Professor of Criminology/Victimology at Central Michigan University. Her work focuses on rape culture, inequality in the justice system, and how the media impacts perceptions of crime and the criminal legal system. Her work is published in journals such as Violence Against Women and in The Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. She also has a previously published book with Kate Luther called #Crime: Social Media, Crime and the Criminal Legal System.

Acknowledgments

In no certain order but in entire gratitude and awe of the amazing colleagues and friends that I am lucky to know: Dr Katherine Lorenz, Dr Walter DeKeseredy, Dr Kate Luther, Dr Nickie Phillips, Dr Liz Bradshaw, Dr Gigi Durham, Dr Joy Oslund, Kristy Johnson editor extraordinaire, and Shelby Smith whose small edits and idea processing has helped me immensely.

The friends (mostly staff) at the businesses that I frequent while writing or who help me keep up my mental health are so appreciated. I will list a few here but, I really honestly appreciate everyone who crosses my path and are kind. The haters, well, this book is in spite of you. To some folks who have had to listen to me vent ad nauseum: Empower Gym owner Brian Daniels, Mel and Robin at Dagwoods, Hiram and Sasha at Soup Spoon, and Sarah at Cask and Co.

To my dearest friends, Jessica Harper, Julie also known as “She-Rawr Princess of Plow Her,” Maria Paton-Glassbrooke, Gino Elias, Nick Garlinghouse, and Detour Oliver. Thank you for being a friend. Special thanks to my niece, Angie Crabtree, who is by far one of the best people I know. This book is especially for you as we have been through some stuff. And look at us now.

I have used the stories of some highly publicized survivors/victims, and this book is sincerely dedicated to them and ALL survivors/victims of violence against women (ALL women). We are in this fight together, and are stronger when we stand together. To the survivors, Chanel Miller, Zoe Quinn, and to the family members and friends of Mahsa Amini. Your names are powerful as are your stories, may we remember them and all that you are and not just what happened to you.