Mann, Bonnie J.
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2024-03-29T12:41:06ZRape and Social Death
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Rape and Social Death
Mann, Bonnie
Rape that does not involve life-threatening physical violence, is committed by someone
known to the victim, and is not reported to law enforcement (called, here, commonplace rape)
raises two questions: “Why didn’t she fight back or run away?” and “Why didn’t she say
anything at the time?” Recently, research on “tonic immobility,” based on animal predation
studies, has provided a physiological explanation for experiences of immobilization during
sexual assault. The juxtaposition of animal predation with commonplace sexual assault raises the
question: How is it that a response reserved, in animals, for lethal, no-way-out scenarios is
present in modes of violation where the victim does not report fear of death or extreme physical
harm? Neither does this research help explain why women fail to report. This philosophical
exploration of the meaning of tonic immobility in sexual assault helps to justify the juxtaposition
of life-or-death scenarios with less-than-life-threatening violation, and sheds light on the reason
for women’s silence after sexual assault. Rape is accompanied by deep historical meanings that
can be encapsulated in the notion of “social death,” associated in the U.S. with colonial conquest,
enslavement, and impoverishment. The specter of social death haunts commonplace rape,
producing life or death responses.
32 pages
2021-04-01T00:00:00ZCSWS Review ; 2005 : 2 (Autumn)
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CSWS Review ; 2005 : 2 (Autumn)
Morgen, Sandra; Sutton, Barbara; Novkov, Julie, 1966-; Mann, Bonnie; Houppert, Karen; University of Oregon. Center for the Study of Women in Society
8 p. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT HQ1181.U5 F76.
2005-01-01T00:00:00ZTalking Back to Feminist Postmodernism Toward a New Radical Feminist Interpretation of the Body
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/2438
Talking Back to Feminist Postmodernism Toward a New Radical Feminist Interpretation of the Body
Mann, Bonnie
30 p. Appears as a chapter in Recognition, responsibility, and rights: feminist ethics and social theory.
2003-01-01T00:00:00ZDependence on Place, Dependence in Place
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Dependence on Place, Dependence in Place
Mann, Bonnie
33 p. Appears as a chapter in The subject of care : feminist perspectives on dependency.
2002-01-01T00:00:00Z