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Bystander Intervention

February 22, 2014 by William Eaton

Changing the Culture Around Sex and Alcohol Michael Winerip’s article “Stepping Up to Stop Sexual Assault” was featured in the New York Times Education Life insert on February 9. It should come as no surprise to hear talk of rape and sexual assault on college campuses, as they have been abuzz with such talk for the past year, and it has been on the tongues of many a politician recently. I personally, at the nudging of a colleague, have been […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: drinking, New York Times, rape, sexuality, youth

Reading 9-15 December 2012 (ZiR)

December 11, 2012 by William Eaton

Reading 9-15 December 2012 (ZiR) A Week of Reading in the Life of Caterina Gironda [N.B.: This is not part of the Fall issue of Zeteo, but one in an ongoing series of posts. For the full series see Zeteo is Reading.] 10 December 2012 I hate to start the week out on such a serious note, but this article about rape has consumed every bit of thought-space in my brain since a friend of mine sent it my way seeking […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: rape

Welcome to the Zeteo Fall Issue

November 15, 2012 by William Eaton

Dear Readers, Welcome to the Zeteo Fall Issue 2012. In a United States election year we began with the idea of choice. We challenged writers to speak about the choices human beings make not only in politics, but also as consumers, spectators and thinkers. We proposed that choice might be an illusion—our “choices” channeled by economic regimes, education, custom, biology, family dynamics. Zeteo is an interdisciplinary but not undisciplined journal. In this issue you will find pieces that speak directly about our choices. Catherine […]

Categories: Fall 2012 Issue, Issue Welcomes • Tags: Nepal, psychotherapy, rape, Thoreau

Rethinking Rape

November 15, 2012 by William Eaton

Rethinking Rape Moving Beyond the Social vs. Biological By Caterina Gironda This paper explores the pitfalls of two views of rape: The social constructionist position that rape is not an act driven by sexual desire but rather purely an act of violence, a tool to control and dominate women, and A counter argument by evolutionary psychologists which says that the drive to rape is in some sense natural, a product of human evolution. Through an examination of Elizabeth Grosz’s reading […]

Categories: Article, Fall 2012 Issue • Tags: Darwin, Elizabeth Grosz, evolutionary psychology, rape

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Bystander Intervention

Reading 9-15 December 2012 (ZiR)

Welcome to the Zeteo Fall Issue

Rethinking Rape