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Sexual Citizens

A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

Author: Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan  

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A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.

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A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.

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Description

Research has shown that by the time they graduate, as many as one in three women and almost one in six men will have been sexually assaulted. Why is sexual assault such a common feature of college life, and what can be done to prevent it? Drawing on the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation (SHIFT) at Columbia University, the most comprehensive study of sexual assault on a campus to date, Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan present an entirely new framework that emphasizes sexual assault's social roots, based on the powerful concepts of ?sexual projects,? ?sexual citizenship,? and ?sexual geographies.? Empathetic, insightful, and far-ranging, Sexual Citizens transforms our understanding of sexual assault and offers a roadmap for how to address it.

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Critic Reviews

“"Written with humanity and sharp sociological insight, Hirsch and Khan's ecological approach moves beyond the adversarial model that has embroiled debates on campus sexual assault. It opens up new ways for thinking about--and responding to--the pressing problem of sexual assault on college campuses. Sexual Citizens will be essential reading for parents, young people, medical professionals, and educators."”

A clear, intersectional picture of the forces breeding a campus culture that bulldozes consent, as well as a path forward that emphasizes empathy, mutual respect, and bodily autonomy.--Adrienne Westenfeld "Esquire"
An enthralling read.... Thank you, Jennifer and Shamus, for this remarkable work.--Sarah Rose Cavanagh, PhD "Psychology Today"
A comprehensive, brilliant, groundbreaking study.--Louise Lamphere, distinguished professor emerita of anthropology, University of New Mexico
A must-read for parents and administrators as well as for young people about to enter this new terrain.--Stephanie Coontz, author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s
A timely and persuasive contribution to today's national conversation. A must-read!--Claire E. Sterk, President and Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health, Emory University
Essential reading for parents, young people, medical professionals, and educators.--Jennifer Cole, professor and chair, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Exemplary work... that represents the future of social science.--Alondra Nelson, president of the Social Science Research Council
Extraordinary.... All of us with a responsibility for creating the campus spaces that can generate--or harm--health need to read this book.--Sandro Galea, dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, School of Public Health, Boston University
Timely, authentic, and revolutionary.--J. Dennis Fortenberry, professor of pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine

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About the Author

Jennifer S. Hirsch is a professor of sociomedical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, and codirected SHIFT. Shamus Khan is a professor of sociology and American studies at Princeton University, and coheaded the ethnographic team of SHIFT, the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation, at Columbia University.

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Product Details

Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Published
23rd February 2021
Pages
432
ISBN
9780393541335

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