CAC to Host Critical Book Review Presentation – When Rape Was Legal

By Angela Askey, Executive Director Public Relations and Marketing

On Tuesday, March 10 from 3 to 5 p.m.  at the San Tan Campus A Building (3736 E Bella Vista Road, San Tan Valley,) CAC’s Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Honors Program, and Title IX Program will host a critical book review presentation of the book When Rape was Legal, by Rachel A. Feinstein

Three CAC professors, Dr. Carol Johnson (Honors), Dr. Joe Faykosh (History), and Dr. Derrick Span (Sociology), along with Cecilia Quiroz, Director of Compliance and Title IX Coordinator will present the review.

Sociology defines American rape culture as normalizing and excusing sexual violence against women. The sexual objectification of bodies, victim blaming, and shaming has led to societal responses such as Title IV laws, toxic masculinity, and the Me-Too Movement.

However, could the current rape culture have been averted?  How did centuries of American plantation slavery serve as the foundation for 21st century rape culture in America?

Dr.’s Johnson, Faykosh, and Span, will give a summary of the books content and critically evaluate the powerful arguments and merits of the chapters. The three professors will use their subject matter expertise to engage in assessment and deliberation about the book.

Audience members will be invited to participate and give their viewpoint about the book’s claim that the current rape culture in America can be traced to the slave plantation.