Author/Organization: Hirsch & Khan, Norton Publishing
Brief Description:
Sexual Citizens transforms how we understand and address sexual assault. Through intimate portraits of life and sex among today’s college students, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan spresent an entirely new way to understand sexual assault. Their insights transcending current debates about consent, predators in a “hunting ground,” or the dangers of hooking up.
Sexual Citizens reveals the social ecosystem that makes sexual assault a predictable element of life on a college campus. The powerful concepts of sexual projects, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies, provide a new language for understanding the forces that shape young people’s sexual relationships. The result transforms our understanding of sexual assault and provides a new roadmap for how to address it.
Resource Type: Book
Age: College
Topics: BIPOC, HBCU, LGBTQIA+, athletes, bullying & cyberbullying, bystander, community educators, consent, evaluation, intimate partner violence, laws & policies, male survivors, masculinity/men & boys, perpetrators, prevention, sexual harassment, sexual-violence, social media, title IX
Date Resource Added: May 17, 2022