LEADER 04041nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910783362903321 005 20230914213933.0 010 $a1-280-44224-7 010 $a9786610442249 010 $a1-4237-3830-6 010 $a0-19-535872-4 010 $a1-60129-956-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000028718 035 $a(OCoLC)70731352 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10087198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000267693 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233074 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267693 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209296 035 $a(PQKB)11246028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051925 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10087198 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44224 035 $a(OCoLC)922952642 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC241268 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL241268 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000028718 100 $a19940429d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aVirgin or vamp $ehow the press covers sex crimes /$fHelen Benedict 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cOxford University Press,$d1992. 215 $a1 online resource (318 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-19-508665-1 320 $aIncludes bibliography: p. 295-299 and index. 327 $aIntro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Rape Myths, Language, and the Portrayal of Women in the Media -- 2. Sex Crimes in the Press: A Recent History -- 3. "A Policeman in Every Bedroom": The 1978-1979 Greta and John Rideout Marital Rape Case -- 4. "She Should Be Punished": The 1983-1984 New Bedford "Big Dan's" Gang Rape -- 5. "How Jennifer Courted Death": The 1986 Killing of Jennifer Levin -- 6. The Jogger and the Wolfpack: The 1989-1990 Central Park Jogger Case -- 7. Conclusion: How the Press Should Cover Sex Crimes -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 330 $aIn the last few years, the national press has lavished coverage on several major sex-related scandals: the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings, the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, and the Mike Tyson case. With each event came lurid stories pitting either a loose or virginal woman against an unwilling or monstrous man. Such extreme coverage, argues Helen Benedict, perpetuates myths that are harmful to victims of these crimes (and sometimes to the accused). In Virgin or Vamp Benedict examines the press's treatment of four notorious sex crimes from the past decade--the Rideout marital rape trial in Oregon, the Big Dan's pool table gang rape in Massachusetts, the "Preppy Murder" in New York City, and the Central Park jogger case--and shows how victims are labelled either as virgins or vamps, a practice she condemns as misleading and harmful. Benedict also looks at other factors that perpetuate the misunderstanding of rape. For instance, she shows how the New York press presented the Central Park jogger rape case as motivated by racism because of its unwillingness to consider rape an issue of gender. She also addresses our inherent language bias, the press's tendency to use sexually suggestive language to describe crime victims, and its preference for crimes against whites. In conclusion, Benedict offers a number of solutions that will help reporters cover these increasingly common crimes without further harming the victims, the defendants, or public understanding.. 606 $aSex crimes$xPress coverage$zUnited States 606 $aPress$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 606 $aMass media$xObjectivity$zUnited States 615 0$aSex crimes$xPress coverage 615 0$aPress$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 615 0$aMass media$xObjectivity 700 $aBenedict$b Helen$0183266 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783362903321 996 $aVirgin or vamp$9552770 997 $aUNINA