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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition, it may be that Roiphe is setting up a "straw (wo)man." If date rape is a real problem, the actual rate of incidence may be viewed as unimportant. If women are being victimized, whether it's 25 or 13 or eight percent of the group may be irrelevant...
Still, Roiphe's argument makes certain important points. Her warning against constantly portraying women as victims makes sense; if feminism focuses too much of its energy on issues such as date rape, it risks undermining healthy images of strong women in control of their own fates. Roiphe's argument that feminism should adopt a less accusatory stance towards men is advice that feminism would do well to heed...
Roiphe's take on feminism and date rape has its dangers, however. It's very easy to mistake Roiphe's attempt to distinguish date rape from "bad sexual experiences" as a refusal to show compassion for victimized women. Also, the line between bad experiences and date rape may not be as clear as Roiphe would like to believe. Roiphe herself never sets forth the criteria for distinguishing between...
Some of Roiphe's other points are not backed up by fact or cogent analysis. Her assertion of feminism's lack of alternative viewpoints on date rape was refuted well by Professor Barbara Johnson in her rebuttal of Roiphe...
...Johnson observed, feminism is a diverse movement with many dissenting voices. One such dissenter, acknowledged even by Roiphe, is the controversial Camille Paglia. The argument over the date rape crisis was taking place within feminism well before the advent of Roiphe's book...