Read Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape Online
Authors: Susan Brownmiller
as po1itica1 act, 211, 249 ff.
in prison, 266
propaganda of,
2
35-37
punishments for, 163, 220, 228
and racism, 210, 215
ff.
reporting of, 214, 253-54
and sexism,
2 1
o,
2
55
statistics on, 214-16
see also
Slavery, American Interrogation and rape of political
prisoners, 89, 90, 108
Intraracia] rape, 183, 185, 211
see also
American Indian women; Black women; Chinese women; Rape (all references); Slavery; Women
Iroquois Indians, 141-42
Jack the Ripper, 292, 294-<)6
Jackson, Andrew,
36
Jackson, George,
252
Jackson, Martha, 154
Jagger, Mick, 295-97, 306 James, C. L. R., 217
Japanese Army, and rape in World War
II,
56-64
Jefferson, Thomas, 218, 228
Jemison, Mary, 142 Jewish women, and rape:
in pogroms, 121-24
and "sensuality" myth, 124 in war, 49-53
see also
Victims; War; Women
Johnson, Virginia, 323 Jones, LeRoi (lmamu Amiri
Baraka), 249
Jordan, Winthrop D., 154
458
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INDEX
Jung, Carl,
11,
176 Jury:
bias against victims, 385-86
and credibility of victim, 368-78 exclusion of women from, 232,
2
45· 346
and myths of rape, 373-74
Kalven, Harry, 373-74
Karpman, Benjamin, 178
Ka-Tzetnik, 63
Keith, Agnes
N.,
62-63 Kelly, Fanny, 144
Kemble, Fanny, 156, 166-68, 170,
223
King Arthur's Round Table, 290—
292
Kinsey, Alfred C., 79n, 276-80,
39
2
Kitchen, Helen, 133
Kittredge, G. L., 292
Kitty Genovese case, 199-200 Knef, Hildegard, 66
Komisar, Lucy, 107, 145n Koran, rape attitudes in, 22 Korean War, 37n, 99
Krafft-Ebing, Richard van, 11
Kubrick, Stanley, 302, 306
Ku Klux Klan, 128-31, 222 Kunstler, William
M.,
131 Kurosawa, Akira, 304
Lady Sings the Blues
(Holiday), 273 Landers, Ann, 272
Lang, Daniel, 101, 102
Language, of sexism, 333, 334 Lansdale, Edward G., 86 Lasswell, Harold, 44
Last Battle, The
(Ryan) 66
Last
Exit to Brooklyn
(Selby), 194-195
Law, concepts of rape in:
act of rape vs. act of intercourse, 385
Law, concepts of rape in,
continued
and chastity standard, 370-71 and children, 370-71 contemporary rules of evidence
in, 369-74, 378-385
early English, 23-30 expectation of female resistance
to rape, 360
Hebraic, 18-23
judge vs. jury in, 374
and married rape, 376, 377,
380-82
primitive, 16-18
protecting family structure vs. incest prosecution, 281
role of subjective concepts in,
369
victim precipitation, 353-55
see also
Consent; Convictions; Corroboration; Credibility; Criminal rape; Jury; Penalties; Police; Reputation; Trial; specific entries for eras and cultures
Law enforcement, exclusion of women from, 387-89
Lawrence,
T. E.,
264
Lawson, John Howard,
73-74
Leda myth, 284, 318
Legends, accounts of rape in, 283-294, 299-3o2, 327-38, 375-76
Legislation, suggested reforms in,
37<}-96, 400-01
Le Grand, Camille
E.,
369 Leibowitz, Samuel, 2 32-33 Lenin, V.
I.,
228
Leopold
II,
King of Belgium, 132 Lerner, Gerda, 131
Lesbian assault,
z67-68
Le Vine, Robert, 287-88
Lex
talionis,
16
Life imprisonment, as punishment for rape, 3on, 32, 216, 379
Literature (popular), and accounts
of rape, 22, 176, 194-95, 223,
Literature (popular),
continued
248, 262-64, 270, 273-76,
289-91, 295, 297-98, 301-04,
3o7, 313-i 5, 324, 326, 332,
336
"Lone-wolf" rapist, 183, 186
Lord Baltimore (Frederick Calvert), 28
L'Ouverture, Toussaint, 217-18 Love:
in captivity relationships, 142 courtly, 290
origins of, in protection against rape, 16
and violence to women, 289 Love
Story
(film), 334 Lumumba, Patrice, 132, 133 Lynching:
compared to rape, 254-55 and denials of rape, 227-28
propaganda of, 224-26
as retaliation for rape, 212, 213,
n9, 246
role of Communist Party in, 227-28
statistics on, 223-24
M (film), 272
M achismo,
181, 188, 194, 301, 389
Madison, James, 218 Mailer, Norman, 306
Maimonides, 23
Maitland, Frederic William, 25,
28
Malderez, Deniese, 136, 138 Male bonding:
and first "historic" rape, 14 and gang rape, 187
historical examples of rape by, 288-89
as model for social relations, 194
see also
Gang rape; Masculinity; War
Malory, Sir Thomas, 291-92
INDEX
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Manners, Ande, 121-22
Manson, Cqarles, 293
M an Who
Loved
Cat Dancing, The
(film), 306
Marcuse, Herbert, 253 Marie of Champagne, 290
M ark , The
(film), 272 Marriage:
and abduction, 17, 33, 34, 72,
73n, 83-84, 117, 120, 140-41,
286, 287, 290
beginnings of, in male protective system, 16, 17, 27
and black emancipation, 222 and chastity, 17, 219, 377, 386
and consent, 381
as consequence of rape, 21, 24,
25, 27, 83, 85, 252
contemporary laws of, 376--77 and inheritance, 219
and slavery, 163-64
and women's sexual rights, 163-164, 376
ff.
see also
Abduction; Bride cap
ture; Criminal rape; Married rape; Married women; Slavery
Married rape, 219, 380-82
Married women, rape of, 18, 21,
2
9-3o, 3
2
9
see also
Marriage
Martin, Robert A., 259 Martinsville Seven, 238-39
Marx, Karl,
11,
12
Marxism, concepts of rape in, 12-14, 227-28, 229
see also
Communism; Commu
nist Party, U.S.; Russian Army Masculinity, and ideology of rape:
and aggression, 32-35, 38, 181,
307
in American slavery, 154, 157
as defense of white womanhood, 217
fascist ideology of, 48-49 and feminine purity, 217
46o
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INDEX
Masculinity, and ideology of rape,
continued
and heroic rapist, 283-308, 391 male bonding as model for, 194 polarization of, 194
as predatory, i6
in prison rape, 260-68 and profile of rapist, 178 and racial differences, 98
and rape as masculine, 14-15, 16, 178, 312
see also
Ideology of rape; indi vidual entries under kinds of rape and rapist
Masochism, female:
as culturally induced, 250, 263,
321
ff.
as "inherent," 316 ff. psychoanalytic misconceptions
of, 179, 229-30, 315-2
5
Masochism, male:
in homosexuality, 193· 262-64 and violence, 193
M assacres of the M ountains
(Dunn), 144
Massage parlors, and prostitution,
94
Mass culture:
and propaganda of rape, 292-308, 309-46
and theory of male dominance,
389
ff.
and women as victims, 33
ff.,
336
ff.,
342
ff.
Mass rape, in war, 52, 57, 69, 287
see also
Mob rape; Pogroms; War
Masters, William, 323
Master-slave relationship, 169-70,
3
1
4
Mate-protectorate, precursor to
patriarchy, 17-18 Mating:
in animal species, 2-13
as protection against rape, 16-17
Matriarchy, concept of, 283 Matrilineal culture, American
Indian, 141-42
Matsui, Iwane, 58, 61
McCabe, Charles, 294
McCaldon, R.
J.,
207 McCallum, James, testimony of,
58, 61
McGee, Willie,
.210,
239-45 McWhorter, L.
V., 52
Mead, Margaret, 284, 285
Measam, George,
i
17
Media:
see all references under
Comic books; Confession magazines; Culture; Fairy tales; Legends; Literature; Movies; Myths; Newspapers and magazines; Pornography; Television
Meeker, Arvilla, testimony of, 145 ff.
Meeker, Josie, testimony of, i45 ff.
Mehrhof, Barbara, 334
Memphis Riot (1866), 126 Memphis study,
see
Brown, Brenda Men:
see
Homosexuality;
M a-
chismo;
Male bonding; Masculinity
Menen, Aubrey, 81-82
Middle Ages, concepts of rape in, 23-24, 290-92
Military service:
see
War; individ
ual entries for armies, revo lutions, and wars
Miller, Henry, 124
Millett, Kate, 49
Mind
of the South, The
(Cash), 222, 223
M inister and the Choir
Singer,
The
(Kunstler),
1
31
M iracle of the
Rose (Genet), 262 Miscegenation, 16i, i63, 164
M iss Lonel yhearts
(West), 289 Mitchell, Margaret, 22 3
Mix, Ebenezer, 143
Mob rape:
in American South, 124-39 compared with individual rape,
114
historical examples of, 288-89
in World War II, 49-51
see also
Gang rape; Lynching; Massacres; Pogroms; War Molestation:
see
Child molestation
Molotov, V. M.,
55
Molotov Note, The, 55 Monogamy, origins of, in protection against rape, 6, 7 Monstrelet, E., 37
Morel,
E.
D.,
132 Morgan,
J.
H., 42, 48
Mormons, persecutions of, 124-26
M orte d'Arthur
(Malory), 291 Mosaic law:
see
Hebrew law Moseley, Winston, 199-200, 206 Mostert, Mary, 242n
Motherhood:
and paternity in American South, 156, 167-68
as protection against rape in ancient times, 16
ff.
see also
Abortion; Illegitimacy; Pregnancy; Reproduction
Movies, and accounts of rape, 222, 223, 257-58, 292, 293-<)7,
301-06, 324, 333-36, 389,
396
Movie stars, as role models, 333-35
Mundugumor culture, 284
Mundurucu culture, 285-86
Munger, Edwin, 136, 138 Murder:
after rape, 101-03, 104, 122,
126
in FBI reports, 175, 213
penalty for, 101
profile of murderer, 184n, 266
see also
Rape murder Murphy, Robert F., .285-86
INDEX
I
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Music, popular, and lyrics of sexual abuse, 336
Mutilation, sexual, of women, 38-40, 46, 61, 121, 144-45, 151,
152
My Lai massacre, 103-05
Myths and misconceptions, of rape and rape victim:
of "beautiful victim," 333-36, 386
of black man as rapist, 223, .224,
225
of "consent" vs. force, 235, 241 "cry rape" (rape-lie), 228-34,
240-42
of female masochism, 230
ff.,
315
ff.
and jury bias, 373-74 of lone rapist,
i
82