{"product_id":"against-our-will-men-women-and-rape-9780449908204","title":"Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling feminist classic that revolutionized the way we think about rape, as a historical phenomenon and as an urgent crisis\u003cb\u003e--essential reading in the era of #MeToo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eA major work of history.\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e - One of the New York Public Library's 100 Books of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs powerful and timely now as when it was first published, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Our Will\u003c\/i\u003e stands as a unique document of the history, politics, and sociology of rape and the inherent and ingrained inequality of men and women under the law. Fact by fact, Susan Brownmiller pulls back the centuries of damaging lies and misrepresentations to reveal how rape has been accepted in all societies and how it continues to profoundly affect women's lives today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A keen and prescient analyst, a detailed historian, Susan Brownmiller discusses the consequences of rape in biblical times, rape as an accepted spoil of war, as well as child molestation, marital rape, and date rape (a term that she coined). In lucid, persuasive prose, Brownmiller uses her experience as a journalist to create a definitive, devastating work of lasting social importance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAgainst Our Will\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most comprehensive study of rape ever offered to the public . . . It forces readers to take a fresh look at their own attitudes toward this devastating crime.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A classic . . . No one who reads it will come away untouched.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chilling and monumental . . . Deserves a place next to those rare books which force us to change the way we feel about what we know\u003cb\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A landmark work, one of the most significant books to emerge in this decade.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A definitive text, startling, compelling, and a landmark.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An overwhelming indictment. We need it, it is a hideous revelation and it should be required reading.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Chilling, monumental, exhaustive, detailed, absorbing and original. . . . Brownmiller's greatest contribution is establishing the continuity between rape and other facets of American culture.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCommonweal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Brownmiller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449908204","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43256161796233,"sku":"9780449908204","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_85321248-48d7-444a-94d2-3c9e76f83d06.jpg?v=1736237922","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/against-our-will-men-women-and-rape-9780449908204","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}