Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture
 

"This is a timely and brilliant book that will put a much-needed dent in rape culture."

—Jessica Valenti

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"Deft and timely... Informative and informal, the book is a smart, impassioned and well-researched agenda for a strictly no-nonsense understanding of rape culture."

—L.A. Times

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“To be clear, this book is not a chronicle of depressing stories of sexual assault, which would be a miserable read. Harding isn't here simply to register the existence of crime; she is working as a cultural critic, focusing on the cultural response to and understanding of sexual assault more than the crimes themselves. Luckily for the reader, Harding has a wicked sense of humor."

—Slate