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Understanding Sexual Violence

Understanding Sexual Violence examines the structural supports for rape in sexually violent cultures and dispels a number of myths about sexual violence—for example, that childhood abuse, alcohol, and drugs are direct causes of rape.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 218 pages

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