Full Description
Building Sexual Misconduct Cases Against Powerful Men presents a fine-grained analysis of how the rhetorical and social aspects of rape culture and patriarchy lead to a pattern of sexual misconduct. Contributors discuss the causes of the pattern, the obstacles to overcoming it, and potential solutions through a radical feminist lens. Scholars of media, legal, gender, and women's studies will find this volume particularly useful.
Contents
Chapter 1: Stigma and the "Weinstein Effect": A Comparative Analysis of Sexual Misconduct Allegations against Donald J. Trump and Harvey Weinstein in News Media
Chapter 2: Cliff or Cosby?: The Jury and 'Happy Objects' in the 2017 Trial of Commonwealth vs. William Henry Cosby, Jr.
Chapter 3: Won't Someone Think of the Perpetrator?!:The Narrative Framework of the Accuser Killjoy in the Age of #MeToo
Chapter 4: Put Me In, Coach: Co-Building the Institutional Bias by Universities and Media in Sexual Misconduct Cases Involving Student-Athletes
Chapter 5: From "He Said, She Said" to "He Said, They Said": Corroboration in Sexual Misconduct Cases
Chapter 6: Eroding Social Capital: Narrative Transformations of Al Franken
Chapter 7: To Apologize, or Not to Apologize: Accounts of the Accused in Sexual Misconduct Cases
Chapter 8: Beyond Trauma-Informed: A Qualitative-Research Approach to Sexual Misconduct Cases
