The New Campus Anti-Rape Movement

Internet Activism and Social Justice

Caroline Heldman, Alissa R. Ackerman, Ian Breckenridge-Jackson

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781978786509
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Political Process
• Index: Politics & International Relations

After 40 years of activists working to reduce sexual violence on college campuses, in 2014, the new Campus Anti-Rape Movement (CARM) finally put this issue on the national policy agenda. President Barack Obama credited "an inspiring wave of student-led activism" for catapulting campus rape into public consciousness. This book positions the new CARM within a long history of anti-sexual violence activism in the U.S. The authors describe the major events of this new movement and how it coalesced. The authors also analyze the new CARM through a social movement lens, and examine the role of new laws and social media in facilitating movement successes. The book argues that the new CARM laid the groundwork for the emergence of #MeToo, the highest profile campaign against sexual harassment/violence to date in U.S. history.

Table of contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 “I Said Nothing”
• 2 Women of Color Leading the Way
• 3 “Silence Has the Rusty Taste of Shame”
• 4 “You’re Not Doing Enough”
• 5 “Going Public”
• 6 “Women Should Avoid Dressing Like Sluts”
• 7 “Let’s Change the Culture”
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors