Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-182) and index.

Overview: Sexual violence by gender and race / Matthew J. Breiding et al. -- Violence against women is a major public policy issue / Office on Violence Against Women -- Domestic violence is a problem that deserves more attention / Doug Pardue et al. -- Rape culture? It's too real / Sally Kohn -- Domestic violence myths help no one / Christina Hoff Sommers -- The rape epidemic is a fiction / Kevin D. Williamson -- There is no so-called rape culture / Cathy Young -- Tyrannical military culture causes violence against women / Ann Jones -- Our military, ourselves: Why Americans are to blame for the Pentagon's outrageous sex scandals / Micah Zenko and Amelia Mae Wolf -- One way to end violence against women? Married dads / W. Bradford Wilcox and Robin Fretwell Wilson -- Marriage will not save women from male violence / Amanda Marcotte -- Rape is caused by a culture of toxic masculinity / Jaclyn Friedman -- Rape is not caused by patriarchy and is not normal / Wendy McElroy -- Overview: The Violence Against Women Act / Lisa N. Sacco -- The Violence Against Women Act has reduced violence / The White House -- Two decades of legislation have improved violence against women / Tara Culp-Ressler -- Laws against violence help but enforcement is needed / Ruth Rosen -- Expansion of the Violence Against Women Act is fundamentally flawed / David B. Muhlhausen and Christina Villegas -- The Violence Against Women Act fails because it neglects violence against men / Janice Shaw Crouse -- Overview: Violence against women worldwide / United Nations -- War's overlooked victims / The Economist -- Violence against women in Latin America: Is it getting worse? / Sara Miller Llana and Sibylla Brodzinsky -- Why India is sitting on a social time-bomb of violence against women / Sunny Hundal -- Surging violence against women in Iraq / Zahra Radwan and Zoe Blumenfeld -- Turkey's rampant domestic violence problem / Emily Feldman.