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Blame society. Blame a bad upbringing. Blame the circumstances. Blame the victim--she may even blame herself. But what about the perpetrator? When the blame is all assigned, will anyone be left to take responsibility?

This powerful book takes up the disturbing topic of victimization and blame as a pathology of our time and its consequences for personal responsibility. By probing the psychological dynamics of victims and perpetrators of rape, sexual abuse, and domestic violence, Sharon Lamb seeks to answer some crucial questions: How do victims become victims and sometimes...

It is increasingly difficult to use the word -victim- these days without facing either ridicule for -crying victim- or criticism for supposed harshness toward those traumatized. Some deny the possibility of -recovering- repressed memories of abuse, or consider date rape an invention of whining college students. At the opposite extreme, others contend that women who experience abuse are -survivors- likely destined to be psychically wounded for life.

While the debates rage between victims' rights advocates and -backlash- authors, the contributors to New Versions of Victims...

It is increasingly difficult to use the word -victim- these days without facing either ridicule for -crying victim- or criticism for supposed harshness toward those traumatized. Some deny the possibility of -recovering- repressed memories of abuse, or consider date rape an invention of whining college students. At the opposite extreme, others contend that women who experience abuse are -survivors- likely destined to be psychically wounded for life.

While the debates rage between victims' rights advocates and -backlash- authors, the contributors to New Versions of Victims...

Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award

Every parent who cares about empowering her daughter should own a copy."
- Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls

..".a must-read for parents and teachers who want to steer girls away from marketing schemes that distort female power and authority and toward true self-acceptance and authentic empowerment."
-- Polly Young Eisendrath, author of Women and Desire and The Resilient Spirit

The image of girls and girlhood that is being packaged and sold to your...