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Woman-to-woman sexual violence : does she call it rape? / Lori B. Girshick.

Title
Woman-to-woman sexual violence : does she call it rape? / Lori B. Girshick.
Author
Girshick, Lori B.
Publication
Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2002.

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Description
x, 201 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Annotation:
Series Statement
Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
Uniform Title
  • Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law
  • Project Muse UPCC books.
Subject
  • Abused lesbians
  • Homosexuality, Female
  • Lesbian partner abuse
  • Rape
  • Sexual abuse victims
  • Violence
  • Violence in women
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Speaking the unspeakable -- 2. The societal context of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia -- 3. The myth of lesbian utopia unraveled -- 4. "I couldn't believe a woman did this to me" -- 5. Did she call it "rape?" -- 6. The emotional impact of sexual violence -- 7. Heterosexism in the legal system -- 8. Lesbian- and bi-friendly services -- 9. The vision and the challenge.
ISBN
  • 1555535275 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1555535283 (cloth)
LCCN
^^2001051183
OCLC
48013243
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library