id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_a7lhtwanovac5brryvlf5kptem Alison Gash #MeToo? Legal Discourse and Everyday Responses to Sexual Violence 2018 24 .pdf application/pdf 16833 1156 53 argue that, in matters of sexual assault and rape, the limits of the law extend beyond the courtroom. sexual violence highlight the limiting effects of law and legal discourse on public discussion of sexual Keywords: legality; rape; sexual assault; sexual violence; #MeToo; law; legal consciousness; However, we argue, in matters of sexual assault and rape, law's influence extends far beyond forms of "consciousness-raising" for sexual violence highlight how law and legal discourse can limit violence, rape law can constrain options for adjudication and healing within, and beyond, formal legal the use of concepts such as "rape" and "sexual assault" to formal legal, evidence-based standards. answer to sexual violence, feminist legal reformers were rendering rape and sexual assault a public 4 The Women's Law Project/ÆQUITAS report "Rape and Sexual Assault in the Legal System," published in 2013 and cited http://www.impowr.org/content/law-reform-efforts-rape-and-sexual-assault-united-states-america http://www.impowr.org/content/law-reform-efforts-rape-and-sexual-assault-united-states-america Rape and Sexual Assault in the Legal ./cache/work_a7lhtwanovac5brryvlf5kptem.pdf ./txt/work_a7lhtwanovac5brryvlf5kptem.txt