I love your book reports! I think I will add "Brain on Fire" to my list.
I am with you on the use of the term "violent rape," FWIW. I feel like it's always used the same way "gray rape" was used this past year - to try to minimize the impact/effects/criminal nature of any sexual assault where the victim isn't attacked in a dark alley. It seems to come up in cases like Steubenville a lot, ie, "well, it wasn't a VIOLENT rape, they just took advantage of a drunk girl..." It's pretty disappointing that someone like Wolf who is supposed to be sex-positive/female-positive would use that term.
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Date: 2013-12-05 02:02 am (UTC)I am with you on the use of the term "violent rape," FWIW. I feel like it's always used the same way "gray rape" was used this past year - to try to minimize the impact/effects/criminal nature of any sexual assault where the victim isn't attacked in a dark alley. It seems to come up in cases like Steubenville a lot, ie, "well, it wasn't a VIOLENT rape, they just took advantage of a drunk girl..." It's pretty disappointing that someone like Wolf who is supposed to be sex-positive/female-positive would use that term.