Tag Archives: Rape

Sexual Misconduct in the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2014

A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.

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Reactions to Rape Recall “The Lottery”

By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2013

Maryville residents blaming the victims of a rape recall Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”

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Prevent Sexual Assault with Literature

By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2013

If men are to overcome their predatory natures, they must become gentle-men. Literature can help.

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The Wife of Bath vs. Military Rapes

By Robin Bates | Published: August 19, 2013

Perhaps Chaucer’s Wife of Bath has some good suggestions on preventing sexual assault in the military.

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A 17th Century Comedy Addressing Rape

By Robin Bates | Published: March 15, 2013

The Right Wing’s “war on women” is affecting the way my students read Aphra Behn.

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Date Rape or Cultural Misunderstanding?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 20, 2011

Reading “Passage to India” for the first time in decades has given me insights into a date rape that I became involved in years ago involving an Ethiopian and an American student. How much, I wonder, can be attributed to cultural misunderstanding?

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