Rape: From Lucretia to #MeToo

One sentence synopsis... Cultural critic Mithu Sanyal leads the reader through the history of rape - exploring changing ideas about violence, boundaries, and consent. .

Read it if you like... history. This book offers a really remarkably consistent understanding of sexual violence throughout history, regardless of the larger political and social changes. .

Further reading... Stephen Donaldson's writing or Roxanne Gay's writing, particularly ‘Not That Bad'. Neither are easy reads but both are worth it.