Fraternity Gang Rape: Sex, Brotherhood, and Privilege on Campus (Feminist Crosscurrents Series)

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Summary: Thorough and fearless, truthful and long overdue.
Review: Sanday is one of the few researchers with the guts to expose the dark side of the American worship of fraternities and athletes. This American obsession runs so deep and has been unquestioned for so long it's no wonder her research angers those in a position of privilege (think Citadel, think Tailhook). Check out Bernard Lefkowitz's more recent OUR GUYS for a male journalist's take on the same culture of privilege. It's time for people to quit shielding campus thugs in the name of letting boys be boys. There ARE colleges where fraternities and sororities don't exist, and those of us who went there still made friends, contributed to the community, and had rich social lives. And we also had far fewer rapes.

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Summary: Finally
Review: When I was choosing a book for a college health course and I stumbled across this book the word that came out was...finally. I did not say that word because I had found a book, it was because someone finally realized the truth. Sanday realized that boys in these fraternities were getting away with rape and not being punished. She also included several testimonies to display the reality of this issue. Sanday was able to research and write about an issue that is definitely prominent on many college campuses,yet is ignored. For people to think that this does not go on they are just as guilty as the person who commits the crime.