I was really disappointed in this book. I don't really know how to put what I am feeling about it into words. I think this book was too all over the place and it seems like the author still hasn't came to terms with what happened to her. Also I was confused because to me it seems like her grandfa...
Difficult to read - it is a non-fiction book that describes several rapes - but, I think, an extremely brave and important book. Parts I found particularly interesting:- Jessica Stern's ability to detach herself and remain emotionless in scary situations stems from her childhood rape- pg 215:" 'I...
Catharine A. MacKinnon, “Women’s September 11th: Rethinking the International Law of Conflict,” Harvard International Law Journal 47, no. 1 (Winter 2006): 25. 2. The “walking corpses” is Bruno Bettelheim’s term in The Informed Heart (New York: Free Press, 1960), p. 151. Psychiatrist and author He...