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Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of
women, who are frequently raped, tortured, beaten, and pressed into
sexual servitude. Yet this reign of terror against women not only
occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during
peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women
should be understood as a systemic problem - one for which the
state must be held accountable. The twelve essays in Gender
Violence in Peace and War present a continuum of cases where the
state enables violence against women - from state-sponsored torture
to lax prosecution of sexual assault. Some contributors uncover
buried histories of state violence against women throughout the
twentieth century, in locations as diverse as Ireland, Indonesia,
and Guatemala. Others spotlight ongoing struggles to define the
state's role in preventing gendered violence, from domestic abuse
policies in the Russian Federation to anti-trafficking laws in the
United States. Bringing together cutting-edge research from
political science, history, gender studies, anthropology, and legal
studies, this collection offers a comparative analysis of how the
state facilitates, legitimates, and perpetuates gender violence
worldwide. The contributors also offer vital insights into how
states might adequately protect women's rights in peacetime, as
well as how to intervene when a state declares war on its female
citizens.
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