Book Review: Gender, power, and violence

• Author: Tanya M. Grant
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0734016819889115
• Published date: 01 December 2022
• Date: 01 December 2022
• Subject Matter: Book Reviews

community, and several other sexual orientations and gender identities. Further, the authors explain

the needs of the queer community, such as broader sex education (including consent education) in K–

12 schools (p. 173), and propose several strategies that could address many of these needs . The pos-

sible strategies are divided into categories, including macrolevel strategies (e.g., large-scale social

movements and awareness events) and microlevel strategies (e.g., developing better antidiscrimina-

tion programs). The book closes with Chapter 7 (“What Have We Learned?”), which summarizes

each of the preceding chapters and contextualizes them in the larger academic context. This

chapter also provides two key areas for future research: the impact of the media on sexual assault

and the impact of the Internet on sexual violence (pp. 193–195).

Overall, one of the greatest strengths of this book is that it f‌ills a signif‌icant gap in the academic

literature by providing a much-needed overview of the state of the f‌ield regarding the sexual victim-

ization of queer people. As such, this book is an excellent reference for any interested scholar. Given

its use of a more complex qualitative technique plus its academic context in queer victimization, the

book would also have great value as an assignment in a graduate-level course in queer studies, gender

studies, victimology, or qualitative methodology. Finally, because of the real-world implications

described throughout the book, it might also be of interest to those seeking to close the gap

between theory and practice regarding the inclusion of queer people in victim’s services.

ORCID iD

Shanna Felix https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7367-3829

Hattery, A. J., & Smith, E. (2019). Gender, power, and violence. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Litchf‌ield. 223 pp.

$23.91, ISBN 978-1-538-11817-7

Reviewed by: Tanya M. Grant ,Mercy College, Manhattan, NY, USA

DOI: 10.1177/0734016819889115

“Sexual and intimate partner violence is part of the landscape that women and children live with,”

Hattery and Smith (2019) state in the opening remarks of their book, Gender, Power, and

Violence. This powerful statement presents readers with the reality of what many women and chil-

dren experience in their lifetimes. The authors delve into the abuse that women and children suffer

while associated with various institutions such as college fraternities, the military, prisons, athletics,

the Catholic Church, politics, and entertainment. Each chapter provides an intense examination of

each institution, along with historical context, case studies, discussion of systems responsible for

oversight, specif‌ic statistics for each, as well as trends, barriers for reporting, and additional subtopic

areas specif‌ically related to the institution.

The authors directly address the issue of why these institutions are associated with the abuse of women

and children, especially since they all seem completely unrelated. Hattery and Smith give three concise

answers. First, these institution’s organizational structures allow the perpetuation of gender-based vio-

lence (GBV) and/or violence against children. Secondly, these organizations have high rates of violence

perpetrated against women and/or children. Lastly, there is a culture of complicity that allows the abuse to

continue without any form of intervention. The authors’reasoning, which is factual and unbiased, pro-

vides readers with a strong introduction to the book’s focus and how they intend to bring together the

institutional factor and the impact of the #MeToo movement on those institutions.

Chapter 2 is perhaps one of the most informative chapters in the book. While many people have

followed the discourse occurring in most, if not, all of the highlighted institutions, the authors

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