ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part explains the direct and repeated sexual assault of young women on college campuses and the systemic failure to institute restorative justice and measures of protection. It examines the process by which institutions separate themselves from the "perpetrator," and thus the violation itself, removing any accountability for repair, protection, or change. The part illustrates the concept of community and bystander interventions, creating accountability and preventive efforts for the system as a whole. It focuses on the specific experience of sexual trauma; the violation of the female body and psyche; as well as the systems, institutions, and cycles of interaction that maintain and condone such abuses. The part examines the complex interplay of intrapsychic factors that increase a woman's susceptibility to object choices that further victimize, oppress, or subjugate her.
