By Jamie L. Small
University of Dayton 

Does a man's social class have anything to do with the likelihood he'll commit sexual assault?

 

October 5, 2018



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(THE CONVERSATION) Defending his reputation against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault, Judge Brett Kavanaugh worked hard, and angrily, to present himself as a respectable man in his statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Kavanaugh told senators that a woman friend – a “self-described liberal and feminist” – had texted him the night before with well-wishes. She wrote, he reported, “Deep breaths. You’re a good man, a good man, a good man.”

I’m a sociolog...



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