Abstract
This article invites feminists to leverage the #MeToo Movement as a critical analytical tool to explore the longevity of the enduring rape crisis framing of victim services. Long before the #MeToo Movement, victim services in communities nationwide were framed around a crisis model. For nearly half a century, victims have visited rape crisis centers, called rape crisis hotlines, and mobilized rape crisis response teams to provide services and support. This enduring political and social framing around rape as a crisis is opaque, has prompted a political backlash, and risks distorting hard-fought feminist legal, social, and political battles. It has yielded underreporting, underutilization, and recurring risks of budgetary cuts. Yet, this model and terminology have gone virtually unchanged for nearly half a century.
Recommended Citation
Jamie R. Abrams,
The #MeToo Movement: An Invitation for Feminist Critique of Rape Crisis Framing,
52
U. Rich. L. Rev.
749
(2022).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol52/iss4/2
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