Summary Of Rape Without Women By Sharon Block

In the article written by Sharon Block, “Rape without Women: Print Culture and the Politicization of Rape, 1765-1815.” The author is explaining the way rape was dealt with in the eighteenth century. She also goes on to add that rape was hidden from the public because of its graphic details. Rape was viewed as having national and social boundaries that the public should not see, yet there were broadcasts and newspapers published about rape cases that a court system would not process. The women would step up to testify for being raped but the justice system thought they were lying. In that time period, women did not have as many rights as men did. There rapes reoccurred because men knew they could get away with it. The mass production of propaganda