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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
 
Two of the essays previously appeared on contributor blogs as blog posts and have been revised to fit the essay format: The Not-Rape Epidemic by Latoya Peterson appeared on
Racialicious.com
; Real Sex Education by Cara Kulwicki appeared on The Curvature.
 
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,
www.sevenstories.com
.
 
Jaclyn Friedman’s piece was adapted from a piece she wrote of the same name for Women’s eNews.
 
Published by
Seal Press
A Member of the Perseus Books Group
1700 Fourth Street
Berkeley, California 94710
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review.
 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 
Yes means yes: visions of female sexual power and a world without rape/by Jaclyn Friedman
and Jessica Valenti [editors].
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-580-05257-3
1. Women—Sexual behavior. 2. Sexism. 3. Sex role. I. Friedman,
Jaclyn. II. Valenti, Jessica.
HQ29.Y47 2008
306.7082—dc22
2008020989
 
 

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