Diana E. H. Russell

Behind closed doors in white South Africa : incest survivors tell their stories

List of Tables in Appendix - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - About the Author - Introduction: Opening the Door - It Felt So Good to Stab My Father: Nida Webbers Story - Kill Me, Rather: Elsa Fosters Story - Theres a Sign on my Forehead Saying, Abuse Me!: Marie Malans Story - The Making of a Whore: Lara Newmans Story - The Divine Right of the Father: Elsabe Groenewalds Story - Conclusion: Paternal Despotism in Private and Public Life - Appendix - Endnotes - References - Glossary - Index

The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women

This landmark book, based on a scientifically sound, large-scale study, presents convincing evidence that both the incidence and the consequences of incest have been grossly underestimated.. The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In a new introduction to the revised edition, Russell takes on the most important issue to arise in the field since the book was originally published in 1986: the serious backlash that followed the outpouring of reports by victims/survivors, and the controversy over false accusations and false memories. } The Secret Trauma remains the definitive argument for the overwhelming prevalence of incestuous abuse. Based on findings about San Francisco, the book makes a persuasive case for an epidemic of abuse on a national scale. In her nuanced and sophisticated analysis, Russell carefully explores the complex variables of incestuous abuse: the changing incidence of abuse over time, the severity of th abuse, the victims age, factors of class, race, and ethnicity, and long term effects on victims.In a new introduction to the revised edition, Russell takes on the most important issue to arise in the field since the book was originally published in 1986: the serious backlash that followed the outpouring of reports by victims/survivors, and the controversy over false accusations and false memories. }

Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Workplace Harassment.

PART ONE: RAPE: PREVALENCE, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS The Incidence and Prevalence of Rape Male Rape and Female Rapists Social Characteristics of Rape Victims and Rapists Psychological Chararcteristics of Rapists PART TWO: THE CAUSES OF RAPE Factors Creating a Predisposition to Rape Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Potential Victims Ability to Avoid Rape PART THREE: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: PREVALENCE AND THE LAW Child Sexual Abuse and the Law The Incidence and Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse The Gender Gap Among Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse PART FOUR: THE CAUSES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Factors Creating Sexual Feelings Toward Children Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse PART FIVE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Conclusion

Rape in Marriage

Introduction to New Edition: Wife Rape: from the 1980s to the 1990s Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Crime in the Closet Part One The Law 2 Wife Rape and the Law (updated) Part Two The Study 3 The Rape Study 4 What is Wife Rape? Part Three Theory and Statistics 5 The Prevalence of Wife Rape 6 A Continuum of Sexual Relations 7 Wife Rape and Wife Beating 8 Husband Battering, Wife Battering, and Murder 9 Characteristics of Wife Rape Part Four The Husbands 10 Husbands Who Rape Their Wives 11 Why Men Rape Their Wives 12 Abusive Husbands, Alcohol and Other Drugs Part Five The Wives 13 The Victims of Wife Rape 14 The Trauma of Wife Rape 15 Why Some Wives Stay Part Six Women as Property 16 Husbands Who WonOt Let Their Wives Go 17 Once a Wife, Always a Wife--Rape by Ex-Husbands 18 Women Who Marry the Men Who Rape Them 19 Lovers and Daughters Are Property Too Part Seven Torture and Femicide 20 Torture and Marriage 21 Femicide: The Murder of Wives Part Eight WivesO Strategies 22 Wives Who Report to the Police 23 How Some Wives Stop the Violence Part Nine An International Perspective 24 Wife Rape in Other Countries 25 Conclusions and Solutions Appendix I Husbands Accused of Wife Rape in the United States: Selected Cases Appendix II State-by-State Information on Martial Rape Exemption Laws, as of January 1990 Source Notes Selected Bibliography on Wife Rape (Expanded) Index