predator/prey mindset
rape-culture enablement
slut/commodity model
virgin/whore myth
reproductive freedom
A Return to Modesty
(Shalit)
Rice, Condoleezza
Riese, Dennis
right-wing groups
gender equality
predator/prey mindset
rape-culture enablement
slut/commodity model
virgin/whore myth
Riot Grrl
Rodriguez, Teresa
Roiphe, Katie
S
sadism
see
BDSM acts; interrogation strategies
safe sex
see
BDSM acts; consent; sex education; sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
Sanders, Teela
Sapphire image
Scherzinger, Nicole
Schlafly, Phyllis
Scott, Jill
self-defense strategies
self-image
sex education
see also
self-defense strategies
sex-negative/sex positive culture
sex toys
sexual assault
apologist arguments
black women
body sovereignty
educational approaches
gay and lesbian population
gray rape
immigrant women
media coverage
military system
not-rape experiences
overweight women
pro-family movement
risk factors
self-defense strategies
sex education
sex workers
slut/commodity model
social constructs
virginity loss
women of color
see also
consent; incest
sexual desire
sexual healing
educational approaches
incest
sexual health promotion
see
sex education
sexual initiation
sexuality as a weapon
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
sexual predators
see
not-rape experiences; predator/prey mindset
sexual purity
sexual stereotypes
anti-rape activism
black women
male population
predator/prey mindset
young girls
Sex Work: A Risky Business
(Sanders)
sex workers
Shalit, Wendy
shame
see also
sex-negative/sex positive culture
Sharpton, Al
Silence: In Search of Black Female Sexuality in America
(2004)
slavery
slut/commodity model
see also
sex workers
smugglers
statutory rape
see also
rape
Steffans, Karrine
Stepp, Laura Sessions
stranger-rape narrative
strippers
see
sex workers
submissive sex
T
The Courage to Heal
The Survivor’s Guide to Sex
(Haines)
The Thrill of the Chaste
(Eden)
Timberlake, Justin
torture
see also
BDSM acts
touch
trafficking, human
Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)
transgender populations
Trina
U
UBUNTU
Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Fail at Both
(Stepp)
unilateral sexism
Unprotected
(Grossman)
U.S. government policies
V
Vance, Carol
victimization
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
violence prevention
see
sex education
virginity
predator/prey mindset
process-oriented virginity
purity myth
right-wing groups
slut/commodity model
virgin/whore myth
Virgin: The Untouched History
(Blank)
W
Watson, Julie
Waxman, Harry
White, Deborah Gray
whores
music industry
public woman concept
sex workers
virgin/whore myth
see also
black women; music industry; predator/prey mindset; virginity
Williams, Kayla
Williams, Simmie, Jr.
Winfrey, Oprah
women of color
hypersexualization
immigrant women
incest
media coverage
misogynist relationships
reproductive freedom
self-image
sexual assault
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
Y
Yo Mama’s Last Supper
(Cox)
Your Revolution (Will Not Happen Between These Thighs)
(Jones)
Z
zines
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Yes Means Yes
Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape
Copyright © 2008 by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
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Coco Fusco excerpt from A Field Guide for Female Interrogators. Copyright © 2008 by Coco Fusco. Reprinted with the permission of the author and Seven Stories Press,
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Yes means yes: visions of female sexual power and a world without rape/by Jaclyn Friedman
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p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-580-05257-3
1. Women—Sexual behavior. 2. Sexism. 3. Sex role. I. Friedman,
Jaclyn. II. Valenti, Jessica.
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