De-eroticizing Assault: Essays on Modesty, Honour and Power

Focusing on many hegemonies that confront women and men today, this book presents fresh insights on the linkages among gender, culture and politics. In 'Looking at Ourselves: Stree Shakti Sanghatana', the authors give the reader a valuable first hand account of radical Left activism with an incisive critique. Other essays discuss sexuality, rape and domestic violence, and reveal the role of 'sexual terrorism' that is used to silence and subjugate women. They go on to analyse ideologies of gender, power and sexual violence in the courtroom.