“It Can Happen to You”: Rape Prevention in the Age of Risk Management

2004/08/01 by RACHEL HALL
Social Sciences · #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Sports, Gender, and Society

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2004.tb01299.x

Abstract

This essay provides a critical analysis of rape prevention since the 1980s. I argue that we must challenge rape prevention's habitual reinforcement of the notion that fear is a woman's best line of defense. 1 suggest changes that must be made in the anti-rape movement if we are to move past fear. Ultimately, I raise the question of what, if not vague threats and scare tactics, constitutes prevention.

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