Virgin or Vamp: How the Press Covers Sex Crimes

by Helen Benedict

In the last few years, the national press has lavished coverage on several major sex-related scandals: the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, and the Mike Tyson case. With each event came lurid stories pitting either a loose or virginal woman against an unwilling or monstrous man. Such extreme coverage, argues Helen Benedict, perpetuates myths that are harmful to victims of these crimes (and sometimes to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073510428X
• ISBN13: 9780735104280
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Replica Books
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.3"