ABSTRACT
In this chapter, author wants to briefly revisit the deconstructive mood, en route to identifying some particular sets of issues she think deserve closer attention in the ongoing feminist struggle against rape. It is also the case that the strategies she discuss pertain most obviously to rape and sexual coercion within (actual or potential) heterosexual relationships. This is the invitation to rethink the interplay between our concept of a continuum of sexual victimization and our dominant narrative of trauma in understanding the impact of rape. From the point of view of an anti-rape agenda, this kind of research and the constructions it gives rise to have value in providing a powerful framework for arguing the moral wrongs of rape and sexual coercion.
