Building Sexual Misconduct Cases Against Powerful Men

This book presents a fine-grained analysis of how the rhetorical and social aspects of rape culture and patriarchy lead to a pattern of sexual misconduct. Contributors discuss the causes of the pattern, the obstacles to overcoming it, and potential solutions through a radical feminist lens.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Stigma and the "Weinstein Effect": A Comparative Analysis of Sexual Misconduct Allegations against Donald J. Trump and Harvey Weinstein in News Media

Chapter 2: Cliff or Cosby?: The Jury and 'Happy Objects' in the 2017 Trial of Commonwealth vs. William Henry Cosby, Jr.

Chapter 3: Won't Someone Think of the Perpetrator?!:The Narrative Framework of the Accuser Killjoy in the Age of #MeToo

Chapter 4: Put Me In, Coach: Co-Building the Institutional Bias by Universities and Media in Sexual Misconduct Cases Involving Student-Athletes

Chapter 5: From "He Said, She Said" to "He Said, They Said": Corroboration in Sexual Misconduct Cases

Chapter 6: Eroding Social Capital: Narrative Transformations of Al Franken

Chapter 7: To Apologize, or Not to Apologize: Accounts of the Accused in Sexual Misconduct Cases

Chapter 8: Beyond Trauma-Informed: A Qualitative-Research Approach to Sexual Misconduct Cases

About the author

Edited by Shing-Ling S. Chen; Zhuojun Joyce Chen and Nicole Allaire - Contributions by Nicole Allaire; Melissa L. Beall; Shing-Ling S. Chen; Zhuojun Joyce Chen; Teri Del Rosso; Stacey Hannem; Nichole K. Kathol; Zanetta Miller; Anne C. Osborne; Rebecca Ort

Product details

• Authors: Shing-Ling S. Chen Chen
• Assisted by: Nicole Allaire (Editor), Shing-Ling S. Chen (Editor), Zhuojun Joyce Chen (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781498587495
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8749-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls