Recommended Reading


Books marked with a * are available at the WRCC Library.

Sexual Assault, Acquaintance Rape, Date Rape, Marital Rape, Violence and Abuse in Relationships (self help, recovery)
Child Sexual Abuse/Incest (self help, recovery)
Male Survivors (self help, recovery)
Pornography, Media Literacy and Violence Against Women
Survivor Literature (healing memoirs, autobiographies, fiction, poetry)
For People Supporting Survivors
For Kids
For Parents
For Teens
For Counselors, Teachers, Clergy (the issues and how to help)
For Men
For Everyone: The Politics of Rape
Rape and the Legal System
Sexual Harassment

Sexual Assault, Acquaintance Rape, Date Rape, Marital Rape, Violence and Abuse in Relationships (self help, recovery)

Adams, Caren and Jennifer Fay. Free of the Shadows: Recovering from  
Sexual Violence. New Harbinger Publications, 1989. (out of print)




Agtuca, Jacqueline R. A Community Secret: For the Filipina in an  
Abusive Relationship. Washington: Seal Press, 1992.




*Astin, Duke Patty. Surviving Sexual Assault. Congdon & Weed INC., 1991.




*Bergen, Raquel Kennedy. Wife Rape. Understanding the Response of  
Survivors and Service Providers. Sage Publications, 1996.




*Benedict, Helen. Recovery: How to survive sexual assault for women,  
men, teenagers, and their friends and family. Doubleday, 1985.




*Burgess, Ann and Holmstrom, Lynda. Rape: Crisis and Recovery.  
Prentice Hall, 1979.




Evans, Patricia. The Verbally Abusive Relationships: How to recognize  
it and how to respond. Adams Media Corporation, MA, 1996.




*Finkelhor, David and Kersti, Yllo. License to Rape: Sexual Abuse of  
Wives. Free Press, 1987.




*Hooks, bell. Sisters of the Yam: Black Women in Self Recovery. South  
End Press, 1993.




Kunzman, Kristin. The Healing Way: Adult Recovery from Childhood  
Sexual Abuse. Harper and Row, 1990.




*Ledray, Linda. Recovering from Rape (2nd edition). Henry Holt and  
Company, 1994.




Lev, Rachel. Shine The Light: Sexual Abuse and Healing in the Jewish  
Community.


Northeastern University Press, 2002




Lobel, K. Naming the Violence: Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering.  
The Seal Press, 1986.




Maltz, Wendy. The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of  
Sexual Abuse. Harper Perennial Library, 1992.




Matsakis, Aphrodite, Ph.D. The Rape Recovery Handbook: Step-By-Step  
Help for Survivors of Sexual Assault. New Harbinger, 2003.



NiCarthy, Ginny. Getting Free: You Can End Abuse and Take Back Your  
Life. Seal Press, 1997.




Parrot, Andrea. Coping with Date Rape and Acquaintance Rape. Rosen  
Publishing, 1999.




*Raine, Nancy Venable. After Silence: Rape and My Journey Back. Three  
Rivers Press, 1998.




Renzetti, Claire M. Violent Betrayal: Partner Abuse in Lesbian  
Relationships. Sage, 1992.




Russell, Diana. Rape in Marriage. Indiana University Press, 1990.




Scott, Kay. Sexual Assault: Will I Ever Feel Okay Again? Bethany House, 1993




Walker, Lenore. Battered Woman. Harper and Row, 1980.




*Warshaw, Robin. I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on  
Recognizing, Fighting and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape. Harper  
and Row, 1994 (reprinted edition).




White, Evelyn. Chain, Chain Change: For Black Women in Abusive  
Relationships. Seal Press, 1995.




Zambrano, Myrna M. Mejor Sola Que Mal Acompanada: For the Latina in an  
Abusive Relationship. Washington: Seal Press, 1985.

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Child Sexual Abuse/Incest (self help, recovery)

*Anonymous. Growing Through the Pain: The Incest Survivor Companion.  
Parkside Publishing Corporation, 1989




*Bass, Ellen and Louise Thornton (editors). I Never Told Anyone:  
Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Harper and Row, 1991.




*Bear, Euan and Peter T. Dimock. Adults Molested as Children: A  
Survivors Manual for Women and Men. Safer Society Press, 1988.




*Blume, Sue. Secret Survivors: Uncovering Incest and it's after  
effects in Women. John Willey & Sons, 1990.




*Bradly, Maureen. Beyond Survival: A Writing Journal for Healing Child  
Sexual Abuse. Hazelden,


1992.




*Daugherty, Lynn. Why Me? Mother Courage Press, 1984.




*Davis, Laura. The Courage to Heal Workbook: For Women and Men  
Survivors of Child Sexual Assault. Harper and Collins, 1990.




*Davis, Laura and Bass, Ellen. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women  
Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Harper and Collins, 1994.




Davis, Laura and Bass, Ellen. Beginning to Heal: A First Book for  
Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. Harper and Collins, 1993.




*Evert, Kathy and Bijerik, Inie. When You're Ready: A Woman Healing  
from Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse by her Mother. Launch Press,  
1989.




*Finney, Lynne. Reach for the Rainbow: Advanced Healing for Survivors  
of Sexual Abuse. Perigee Books, 1992.




*Gil, Eliana. Outgrowing the Pain: A Book for and about Adults Abused  
as Children. Dell Publishing Company, 1983.




Gil, Eliana. United We Stand: A Book for People with Multiple  
Personalities. Launch Press, 1990.




*Maltz, Wendy and Beverly Holman. Incest and Sexuality: A Guide to  
Understanding and Healing. Lexington Books, 1987. (out of print)




*Miller, Alice. Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries.  
DoubleDay, 1990.




*Sanford, Linda. Strong at the Broken Places: Overcoming the Trauma of  
Childhood Abuse. Random House, 1990 (New edition to be published in  
July 2001).




*Smith, Margaret. Ritual Abuse. Harper, 1993.




*Wilson, Melba. Crossing the Boundary: Black Women Survive Incest.  
Seal Press, 1993.




*Zuckweiler, James and Rebecca. Reclaiming our bodies: Healing  
Exercises for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Parkside  
Publishing, 1993.




*Loving in Fear: an Anthology of Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Childhood  
Sexual Abuse. Queer Press, 1991.

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Male Survivors (self help, recovery)

*Bear, Euan and Peter T. Dimock. Adults Molested as Children: A  
Survivors Manual for Women and Men. Safer Society Press, 1988.




*Black-Grubman, Stephan. Broken Boys/Mending Men: Insight, hope, and  
Encouragement on How to Begin in the Healing Process for Survivors,  
Parents, and Teachers. Ivy Books, 1990.




Morris, Larry and Frank Bolton and Ann MacEachron. Males at Risk: The  
Other Side of Child Sexual Abuse. Sage Publications, 1989.




Hunter, Mic. Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse.  
Fawcett Books, 1991.




King, Neal. Speaking Our Truth: Voices of Courage and Healing for Male  
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Harper Perennial, 1995.




Kuhn, Jill A. (editor). In Cabin Six: An Anthology of Poetry by Male  
Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Impact Publishing, 2000.




*Lew, Mike. Victims No Longer: Men Recovering from Incest and Other  
Child Sexual Abuse. Harper and Row, 1990.




*Lew, Mike and Hoffman, Richard. Leaping Upon the Mountains: Men  
Proclaim Victory over Child Sexual Abuse. Harper and Row, 2000.




Mendel, Matthew. The Male Survivor: The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse.  
Sage 1995.




*Sonkin, Daniel Jay and Walker, Lenore. Wounded Boys, Heroic Men: A  
Man's Guide to Recovering From Child Abuse. Adams Media Corp., 1998.




Thomas, T. Men Surviving Incest: A Male Survivor Shares the Process of  
Recovery. Launch Press, 1989.




*Zuckweiler, James and Rebecca. Reclaiming our bodies: Healing  
Exercises for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. Parkside  
Publishing, 1993.

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Pornography, Media Literacy and Violence Against Women

Benedict, Helen. Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes.  
Oxford University Press, 1992 (New edition out in June 2001).



*Bergen, Raquel Kennedy (Editor). Issues In Intimate Partner Violence  
(essays). Sage Publications, 1998.




*Dworkin, Andrea. Letters from a War Zone: Writings 1976-1987. Dutton, 1988.




*Dworkin, Andrea. Women Hating. E.P. Dutton, 1974.




*Griffin, Susan. Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against  
Nature. Harper and Row 1981.




*Haskell, Molly. From Reference to Rape: The Treatment of Women in  
Movies. Penguin Books, 1974.




Itzin, Catherine. Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties.  
Oxford University Press, 1993.




*Isaacs, Susan. Brave Dames and Wipettes: What Women are Really Doing  
on Page and Screen. The Ballantine Publishing Company, 1999.




*Kilburn, Jean. Deadly Persuasion: Why Young Women and Girls Must  
Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising. Free Press, 1999.




MacKinnon, Catherine. Only Words. Harvard University Press, 1996.




Russell, Diana. Making Violence Sexy: Feminist Views on Pornography.  
Teachers College Press, 1993.


*Williams, Oliver J. Violence Against Women: Domestic Violence in the  
African American Community. Sage Publications, Vol.6, #5, 2000.




*Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are used Against  
Women. William Morrow & Company, 1991.

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Survivor Literature (healing memoirs, autobiographies, fiction, poetry)

Allison, Dorthy. Bastard out of Carolina. Dutton, 1992 (fiction)




*Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings. Bantam, 1983. (memoir)




*Armstrong, Louise. Kiss Daddy Goodnight: Ten Years Later. Pocket  
Books, 1986. (memoir)




*Baker, Charlotte Pierce. Surviving The Silence: Black Women's Stories  
of Rape. W.W. Norton and Company, 2000




*Caignon, Denise and Gail Groves. Her Wits about Her: Self Defense  
Success Stories by Women. Harper & Row Publishers, 1991.




Carters, Christine (editor). The Other Side of Silence: Women Tell  
About Their Experiences With Date Rape. Avocus Publishing, 1997.




*Davis, Amanda. Circling the Drain. Perennial, 1999. (fiction)




Essex, Emerson. A little Eruption of Deity: I've got a Song Tapestry,  
A Collection of Inspiring Short Stories, Poetry and Prose. 1st Books  
Library, 2002




Ferres, Donna J. Undying Will. Sago Publishing, 2002




Fienberg, Leslie. Stone Butch Blues. Firebrand Books, 1993. (memoir)




*Francisco, Patricia Weaver. Telling: A Memoir of Rape and Recovery.  
Cliff Sreet Books, 2000.




Fraser, Sylvia. My Father's House. Harper and Row, 1987. (memoir)




Gaitskill, Mary. Two Girls Fat and Thin. Bantam Books, 1992. (fiction)




Hurston, Zora Neal. Their Eyes Were Watching God. Harper and Row,  
1937. (fiction)




Klavin, Jamie. Working with Available Light. W.W. Norton & Company,  
1999 (memoir)




*Levit, Rose. With Secrets to Keep. Shoe Tree Press, 1991. (fiction)


*Loving in Fear: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Survivors of  
Childhood Sexual Abuse. Queer Press, 1991. (essays) (out of print)




McNaron, Toni and Yarrow Morgan. Voices in the Night: Women Speaking  
About Incest. Cleis Press, 1982. (essays) (out of print)




Meili, Trisha. I am The Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and  
Possibility. Scribner, 2002 (memoir)




*Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. Penguin Books, 2000. Published in  
1970. (fiction)




Quindlen, Anna. Black and Blue. Random House, 1998.




*Raine, Venable Nancy. After Silence: Rape and my Journey Back. Three  
Rivers Press, 1998.




Ramsey, Martha. Where I Stopped: Remembering Rape at Thirteen. Harvest  
Books, 1997. (poetry)




Randall, Margaret. This Is About Incest. Firebrand Books, 1987. (poetry)




*Sark. Transformation Soup: Healing for the Splendidly Imperfect.  
Simon Schuster, 2000.




*Sark. Living Juicy. Celestial Arts, 1994.




*Sark. Eat Mangoes Naked. Simon & Schuster, 2001.




Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. Littlebrown & Company, 2002.




Sebold, Alice. Lucky. Scribner, 1999.




Silverman, Sue William. Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember  
You. University of Georgia Press, 1999. (memoir)




*Smith, Sharon. In Honor of my Child/your Child (and all sexual abused  
children of the world). Professional Press, 1998. (memoir)




*Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. Washington Square Press, 1982. (fiction)




*Wisechild, Louise. The Obsidian Mirror: An Adult Healing From Incest.  
The Seal Press, 1988. (memoir)

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For People Supporting Survivors

*Black-Grubman, Stephan. Broken Boys/Mending Men: Insight, hope, and  
Encouragement on How to Begin in the Healing Process for Survivors,  
Parents, and Teachers. Ivy Books, 1990.




*Davis, Laura. Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was  
Sexually Abused as a Child. Harper Collins, 1991.




*Gil, Eliana. Outgrowing the Pain Together: A Book for Partners and  
Spouses of Adults Abused as Children. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1992.




Graber, Ken, M.A. Ghosts in the Bedroom: A Guide for Partners of  
Incest Survivors. Health Communications, Inc., 1991.


*Levine, Robert Barry. When you are the Partner of a Rape or Incest  
Survivor: a Workbook for you. Resource Publications, 1996.




*Levenkron, Steven. Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming  
Self-Mutilation. W.W. Norton and Company, 1998.




*McEvoy, Alan and Brookings, Jeff. If She Is Raped: A Guidebook for  
Husbands, Fathers and Male Friends. Holmes Beach Learning  
Publications, 1984.




*McEvoy, Alan, Debbie Rollo, and Jeff Brookings. If He Is Raped: A  
Guidebook for Parents, Partners, Spouse, and Friends. Learning  
Publications, Inc., 1999.




*Richards, Ann and Vernon Wiehe. Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and  
Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape. Sage Publications, 1995.

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For Kids

*Wachter, Oralee. No More Secrets For Me. Little Brown and Company, 1983.




Bass, Ellen. I Like you to Make Jokes With Me, But I Don't Want you to  
Touch Me. Lollipop Power, Inc., 1981.




Freeman, Lory. It's My Body. Parenting Press, 1986.




*Girard, Walvoord Linda. My Body is Private. Albert Whitman & Company, 1984.




*Hindman, Jan. A Very Touchy Book (For Little People and Big People).  
Alexandria Associates 1983.




*Levit, Rose. With Secrets to Keep. Shoe Tree Press, 1991.




Morgan, Lynda. Daniel and His Therapist. Papers Inc., 1989.




*Paris, Susan. Mommy and Daddy are Fighting. Seal Press, 1986.




Pogrebein, Letty Cottin. Growing Up Free. Bantam, 1981.




Polese, Carolyn. Promised Not to Tell. Human Sciences Press, 1985.




*Russel, Pamela and Stone, Beth. Do You Have a Secret? Comp Care  
Publishers, 1986.




*Spelman, Cornelia. Your Body Belongs to You. Albert & Whitman Company, 1997.




*Sweet, Phyllis. Something Happened to Me. Mother Courage Press 1981.

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For Parents

Adams, Caren and Fay, Jennifer. Helping Your Child Recover from Sexual  
Abuse. University of Washington Press, 1992.




Gaddis, Patricia Riddle. Dangerous Dating: Helping Young Women Say No  
To Abusive Relationships. Harold Shaw Press, 2000.




*Hagans, Kathryn and Case, Joyce. When Your Child has Been Molested.  
Lexington Books, 1998.




Krazier, Sheryll. The Safe Child Book: A Commonsense Approach to  
Protecting Children and Teaching Children to Protect Themselves.  
Fireside 1996.




King County Rape Relief. Helping Your Child Be Safe. (Languages of  
Cambodian, Chinese, English, Lao) Renton, WA.




*Levy, Barrie and Patricia Occhiuzzo Giggans. What Parents Need To  
Know About Dating Violence. Seal Press, 1995.




Murray, Jill. But I Love Him: Protecting Your Daughter from  
Controlling, Abusive Dating Relationships. Regan Books, 2000.




*Sanford, Tschirhart Linda. The Silent Children: A Parents Guide to  
the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980.

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For Teens

*Adams, Caren; Fay, Jennifer; Martin, Jan Loreen. No Is Not Enough:  
Helping Teenagers Avoid Sexual Assault. Impact Publishers, 1990. (out  
of print)




*Bass, Ellen and Kaufman, Kate. Free Your Mind: The Book For Gay,  
Lesbian and Bisexual Youth?and Their Allies. Harper Collins, New York,  
1996.




Bass-Jossey (Publisher), 1997 The Me Nobody Knows: A Guide for Teen Survivors.




*Benedict, Helen. Safe, Strong, and Streetwise: Sexual Safety at Home,  
On the Streets, On Dates, On the Job, At Parties and More. Joy Secret  
Books, 1987. (out of print).




Carter, William Lee. It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming  
Sexual Abuse. New Harbinger Pubns, 2002




Carroll, Rebecca. Sugar in the Raw: Voices of Young Black Girls in  
America. Crown, 1997.




Findlen, Barbara, editor. Listen Up: Voices From the Next Feminist  
Generation. Seal Press, 1995.




King County Rape Relief. Be Aware Be Safe: A Guide for Southeast Asian  
Teens. Renton, WA.




King County Sexual Assault Resource Center. Top Secret: Sexual Assault  
Information for Teenagers Only. Renton, Washington, 1982.




Kuklin, Susan. Speaking Out: Teenagers Take on Race, Sex and Identity.  
Putnam, NY, 1993.




*Levy, Barrie. In Love and In Danger: A teen's guide to breaking free  
of abusive relationships. Seal Press, 1993.


*Levy, Barry. Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Seal Press, 1998.




*Mather, Cynthia. How Long Does it Hurt? A Guide to Recovering from  
Incest and Sexual Abuse for Teenagers, Their Friends, and Their  
Families. Jossey Bass, San Francisco, 1994.




Lee, Sharice. The Survivor's Guide. Sage Publications, 1995.




Taylor, Matthew. For Guys My Age: A Book About Sexual Assault for  
Young Men. Hawthorne Center, Northville, MI, 1990.




Thompson, Sharon. Going All the Way: Teenage Girls' Tales of Sex,  
Romance and Pregnancy. Hill and Wang, 1995.

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For Counselors, Teachers, Clergy (the issues and how to help)

*Atkeson, Beverly and Karen Calhoun. Treatment of Rape Victims:  
Facilitating Psychosocial Adjustment. Pergamon Press, 1991.




*Chew, Judy. Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Healing  
Through Group Work?Beyond Survival. The Haworth Press, 1998.




*Courtois, Christine. Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: Workshop  
Models for Family Life Education. Families International INC, 1993.




Fortune, Rev. Marie M. Sexual Violence: The Unmentionable Sin. The  
Pilgrim Press, 1983.




Fortune, Rev. Marie M. Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women  
Facing Abuse. Harper, 1995.




*Herman, Judith. Trauma and Recovery. Basic Books, 1997.




*Herman, Judith. Father-Daughter Incest. Harvard College, 1981.  
(reprinted in 2000)




Hipp, Earl. The Caring Circle: A Facilitator's Guide to Support  
Groups. Hazelden, Center City, MN, 1992.




King County Rape Relief. Talking to Children, Talking to Parents. (in  
Cambodian, Chinese, English, and Lao) Renton, WA




*Koss, Mary P and Harvey, Mary R. The Rape Victim: Clinical and  
Community Interventions. Sage Publications, 1991.




Levy, Barry. Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger. Seattle, VA, Seal  
Press, 1991.




McClure, John S. and Ramsy, Nancy. Telling the Truth: Preaching About  
Sexual and Domestic Violence. Pilgrim Press, 1999.




*Russell, Diana. The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and  
Women. Basic Books, 1990.


*Smith, Margaret. Ritual Abuse: What it is. Why it Happens. How to  
Help. Harper Sanfrancisco, 1993.




Terr, Lenore. Too Scared to Cry: How Trauma Affects Children. Basic  
Books, 1990.




*Westerlund, Elaine. Women's Sexuality After Childhood Incest. W.W.  
Norton and Company, 1992.




Yamamoto-Nading, D. andG. Stringer. A Healing Celebration: A Manual  
for Facilitators of Therapeutic Support Groups for Women who are Adult  
Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse. King County Assault Resource  
Center, 1991.

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For Men

Funk, Rus. Stopping Rape: A Challenge for Men. New Society Publishers,  
1993. (out of print)




*Kivel, Paul. Men's Work: How to Stop The Violence that Tears Our  
Lives Apart. Hazelden Center City, MN, 1992.




*Miedzian, Myriam. Boys will be Boys: Breaking the Link between  
Masculinity and Violence. DoubleDay, 1991.




*Schwartz, Martin D., and Walter S. DeKeseredy. Sexual Assault on the  
College Campus: The Role of Male Peer Support. SAGE Publications, 1997.

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For Everyone: The Politics of Rape

*Benedict, Helen. Recovery: How to survive sexual assault for women,  
men, teenagers, and their friends and family. Doubleday, 1985.




*Bergen, Raquel Kennedy. Wife Rape: Understanding the Responses of  
Survivors and Service Providers. Sage Publications, 1996.




*Bevacqua, Maria. Rape on the Public Agenda: Feminism and the Politics  
of Sexual Assault. Northeastern University Press, 2000.




*Brownmiller, Susan. Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape. Simon and  
Shuster, 1976.




Burns, Maryviolet. The Speaking Profits Us: Violence in the Lives of  
Women of Color. Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic  
Violence in Seattle, 1986.




*Buchwald, E.; Fletcher, P; Roth, M. Transforming A Rape Culture.  
Milkweed, 1995.




Comstock, G.D. Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men. Columbia  
University Press, 1991.




Davies, Miranda. Women and Violence: Realities and Reponses World  
Wide. Zed Books, 1994.




*Davis, Angela. Women Culture & Politics. Vintage Books, 1990.


Davis, Angela. Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to  
Racism. Kitchen Table Women of Color Press, 1987.




*Davis, Angela. Women, Race and Class. Vintage Books, 1983.




*Faludi, Susan. Backlash. Doubleday, 1992.




*Faludi, Susan. The Undeclared War Against American Women. Doubleday, 1992.




Fairstein, Linda A. Sexual Violence: Our War Against Rape. Berkley  
Publishing Group, 1995




*Fink, Paul Jay and Joyanna Silburg. Misinformation Concerning Child  
Sexual Abuse & Adult Survivors. HMTP, 2001.




Fontes, L.A. Sexual Abuse in Nine North American Cultures: Treatment  
and Prevention. Sage Publications, Inc., 1995.




Herek, G.M. and Berrill, K.T. Hate Crimes: Confronting Violence  
Against Lesbians and Gay Men. Sage Publications, Inc., 1992.




*Herman, Judith. Trauma & Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence?from  
Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. Basic Books, 1997.




Hooks, bell. Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representation. Routledge, 1994.




*Hooks, bell. Killing Rage: Ending Racism. Henry Holt Publishing, 1995.




*Kuribayashi, Tomoko, and Julie Tharp. Creating a Safe Space: Violence  
& Women's Writing. Sate University of New York Press, 1998.




LaViolette, Alyce D., and Ola W. Barnett. It Could Happen to Anyone:  
Why Battered Women Stay (2nd Edition). Sage Publications, 2000.




*Madriz, Ester. Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in  
Women's Life. University of California Press, 1997.




Ottens, Allen. Sexual Violence on Campus: Policies, Programs, and  
Perspectives. Spring Pub. Co, 2001




Parrot, Andrea and Bohmer, Carol. Sexual Assault on Campus: The  
Problem and the Solution. Lexington Books, New York, 1993.




Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Lives of Adolescent Girls.  
Ballantine, 1995.




*Radford, Jill and Russell, Diana. Femicide: The Politics of Women  
Killing. Twayne Pub., 1992.




*Richards, Ann and Vernon Wiehe. Intimate Betrayal: Understanding and  
Responding to the Trauma of Acquaintance Rape. Sage Publications, 1995.




*Rutter, Peter. Sex in the Forbidden Zone: When in Power?Therapists,  
Doctors, Clergy, Teachers and Others?Betray Women's Trust. Jeremy P.  
Tharcher INC, 1989.




*Sanday, Peggy Reeves. Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood and  
Privilege on Campus. New York University Press, 1990.




*Sanday, Peggy Reeves. A Woman Scorned: Acquaintance Rape on Trail.  
Doubleday, 1996.




Schuler, Margaret. Freedom From Violence: Women's Strategies from  
Around the World. New York OEF International, 1992.




Stiglmayer, Alexandra. Mass Rape: The War Against Women in  
Bosnia-Herzegovina. University of Nebraska Press, 1994.

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Rape and the Legal System

*Estrich, Susan. Real Rape: How the Legal System Victimizes Women Who  
Say No. Harvard Press, 1987.




*Gunn, R. and Minch, C. Sexual Assault: The Dilemma of Disclosure and  
the Question of Conviction. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1993.




Matoesian, Gregory. Reproducing Rape: Domination Through Talk in the  
Courtroom. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1993.




Vachss, Alice. Sex Crimes: Ten Years on the Front lines Prosecuting  
Rapists and Confronting Their Collaborators. Random House, New York,  
1993.

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Sexual Harassment

Boumil, Marcia M, et al. Sexual Harassment: What It Is What It Isn't.  
Health Communications, 1992.




*Bravo, Ellen and Cassedy, Ellen. The 9 to 5 Guide to Combating Sexual  
Harassment. John Wiley and Sons, 1992.




Larkin, June. Sexual Harassment: High School Girls Speak Out. In Book, 1994.




*Stein, Nan. Classroom & Courtrooms Facing Sexual Harrasment in K-12  
Schools. Teacher College Press, 1999.




Strauss, Susan and Espeland, Pamela. Sexual Harassment and Teens. Free  
Spirit Press, Minneapolis, 1992.

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Resources - Recommended Reading