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The Victim's Voice in the Sexual Misconduct Crisis investigates how
a victim's voice, identity, credibility, and proof are challenged
or established in the current sexual misconduct crisis. Using
communication and rhetorical analysis, gender studies, and law and
society perspectives, Mary Schuster examines concerns such as
victim impact statements offered in sentencing hearings of
convicted offenders, due process and Title IX requirements in
campus sexual assault investigations, and laws and Title VII
standards governing workplace sexual harassment complaints.
Schuster also analyzes the testimony offered in the 1991 and 1998
U.S. Senate Judiciary Hearings regarding the Supreme Court
nominations of Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, social
movements such as #Me Too, and global activists' efforts to
challenge gender stereotypes and hierarchies. This book argues that
we cannot outlaw or legislate away sexual misconduct, but must
instead focus on cultural, social, and systemic changes in order to
change the current climate. Moreover, the author argues for zero
tolerance for sexual misconduct, but recommends a gradation of
punishment or sanctions for offenders, offering examples of
successful educational and therapeutic efforts to alter
misconceptions regarding sexual misconduct. Scholars of gender
studies, communication, legal studies, and rhetoric will find this
book particularly useful.
Homeless Voices: Stigma, Space, and Social Media argues that the
best sources for how to address issues of homelessness are people
experiencing homelessness themselves, particularly as they express
their experiences through personal blogs and memoirs. Mary L.
Schuster discusses how space and land have been historically denied
to marginalized communities who still feel the effects to this day,
along with examining the conditions and limitations of common
spaces often assigned to those experiencing homelessness,
culminating in an analysis of how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
has impacted homelessness. Schuster focuses on two vulnerable
groups that often experience homelessness: victims of domestic
violence and unaccompanied youth, particularly those who struggle
with gender identity and unstable housing. This book includes a
variety of case studies, examining public meetings and court
decisions, public policy symposiums, and personal interviews, and
ultimately finds that intersectionality-specifically age, race,
gender identity, and ethnicity-plays a large part in understanding
and experiencing homelessness. By shifting our attention to the
diverse voices who experience homelessness themselves, Schuster
claims, we can finally begin to remedy this crisis. Scholars of
media studies, sociology, and urban development will find this book
particularly useful.
The Victim’s Voice in the Sexual Misconduct Crisis investigates
how a victim’s voice, identity, credibility, and proof are
challenged or established in the current sexual misconduct crisis.
Using communication and rhetorical analysis, gender studies, and
law and society perspectives, Mary Schuster examines concerns such
as victim impact statements offered in sentencing hearings of
convicted offenders, due process and Title IX requirements in
campus sexual assault investigations, and laws and Title VII
standards governing workplace sexual harassment complaints.
Schuster also analyzes the testimony offered in the 1991 and 1998
U.S. Senate Judiciary Hearings regarding the Supreme Court
nominations of Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, social
movements such as #Me Too, and global activists’ efforts to
challenge gender stereotypes and hierarchies. This book argues that
we cannot outlaw or legislate away sexual misconduct, but must
instead focus on cultural, social, and systemic changes in order to
change the current climate. Moreover, the author argues for zero
tolerance for sexual misconduct, but recommends a gradation of
punishment or sanctions for offenders, offering examples of
successful educational and therapeutic efforts to alter
misconceptions regarding sexual misconduct. Scholars of gender
studies, communication, legal studies, and rhetoric will find this
book particularly useful.
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