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A slim 80-page essay about rape. Plain and simple. Rape statistics, the pressures put on women in trials, how relations between the sexes on a wider scale aren't improving against the backdrop of the constant menace of rape. Greer argues for the need to rethink our assumptions about rape and address the power dynamics behind it in this short, accessible text that added to another of my current reads, Missoula by Jon Krakauer.

Read this on a flight to Melbourne today.
I had heard about it when it was published earlier this year. As usual when reporting about Greer the media grabbed hold of it with a “Greer minimises rape” headline.
She raises some interesting points and I‘m glad I took the time to read it. Will be passing it on to my husband (who bought it for me) to read.