Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape (111 page)

Wodd War II,
continued

and virgin martyrs, 331-33

see also
Russian Army; U.S. Army; War

Wretched of the Earth, The

(Fanon),
2
5011

Yanomamo culture, rape in, 286-287

Yeats, W. B., 284

Zeisel, Hans, 373-74

Zetkin, Clara, 228 Zimmerman, Paul D., 302

About the Author

SusAN BROWNMILLER
has worked in journalism as a network television newswriter and as a staff reporter for the
Village Voice.
Her articles and critical pieces have appeared in
The New York Times M agazine
and
Book Review, Esquire, Vogue, Mademoiselle,
and other publications.

"A major work of history, a classic ...

No one who reads it will come away: untouched."

The Village ice

As powerful and timely now as it was when itwas first published,
Against
Our Will
stands as a unique document of the history, politics, and sociology of rape and the inherent and ingrained inequality of men and women under the law. Fact by fact, Susan Brownmiller pulls back the centuries of damaging lies and misrepresentations to reveal how rape has been accepted in all societies and how it continues to profoundly affect women's lives today.

A keen and prescient analyst, a detailed historian, Susan Brownmiller discusses the consequences of rape in biblical times, rape as an accepted spoil of war, as well as child molestation, marital rape, and date rape (a term that she coined). In lucid, persuasive prose, Brownmiller uses her experience as a journalist to create a definitive, devastating work of lasting social importance.

"The most comprehensive study of rape ever offered to the public ...It forces readers to take a fresh look at their own attitudes toward this devastating crime."

Newsweek

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