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From Congressman Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" gaffe to the high school rapists of Steubenville, Ohio, to the furor at Vanderbilt, sexual assault has been so dominant lately that the feminist term "rape culture" has finally joined the mainstream. But what exactly is it? And just how do we change it out? In Asking for It, Kate Harding answers those questions in the same blunt, no-nonsense words that has made her a powerhouse feminist blogger. Merging in-depth research with functional knowledge, Asking for It makes the case that 21st-century America - where it's approximated that out of every 100 rapes only five bring about felony convictions - facilitates rapists more effectively than patients. Harding offers ideas and ideas for addressing how we as a culture can take rape a lot more seriously without reducing the privileges of the accused.