Rebecca Whisnant

Academic at the University of Dayton

Rebecca S. Whisnant
Born	Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant

Academic background
Alma mater	UNC-Chapel Hill
Thesis	Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (2002)
Academic work
Institutions	University of Dayton
Main interests	Ethical theory, feminist social theory, sexual exploitation

Website	University of Dayton profile

Rebecca Suzanne Whisnant^[1] is professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Dayton.^[2]

Biography

Whisnant gained her degree in philosophy from Oberlin College in 1989.^[3] She went on to complete a masters (1992), and a Ph.D. (2002), both in philosophy, at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1]^[4]

Prior to working at the University of Dayton, Whisnant taught at the University of Southern Indiana.^[5]

Bibliography

Books

Whisnant, Rebecca (1992). An access relations theory of personal identity (M.A. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 29334818.
Whisnant, Rebecca (2002). Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 51249722.
Whisnant, Rebecca; Stark, Christine (2004). Not for sale: feminists resisting prostitution and pornography. North Melbourne, Victoria: Spinifex Press. ISBN 9781876756499. Quote from book: "One of the key points we wanted to get across in the book is that pornography is prostitution."

Book review: Newland, Laura (July–August 2005). "Review: Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography". Off Our Backs. 35 (7/8). off our backs, inc.: 21. JSTOR 20838416.

Whisnant, Rebecca; DesAutels, Peggy (2008). Global feminist ethics. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742559103.

Chapters in books

Violence against women
Part of a series on
Killing
Bride burning Dowry death Honor killing Femicide Infanticide Matricide Pregnant women Sati Sororicide Uxoricide
Sexual assault and rape
Causes of sexual violence Child sexual initiation Estimates of sexual violence Forced prostitution Cybersex trafficking Human trafficking Fetish slaves Sexual slavery Violence against prostitutes Post-assault treatment of victims of sexual assault Rape Acquaintance By Deception Corrective Date Effects Factors Gang Genocidal History Laws Marital Pregnancy Prevention Prison Statistics Statutory Threat Unacknowledged Wartime Sexual assault Campus Child In Service Mass Secondary victimisation Sexual violence Virgin cleansing myth Widow cleansing
Disfigurement
Acid attack Breast ironing Female genital mutilation Gishiri cutting Infibulation Foot binding
Other issues
Narcissistic abuse Gaslighting Dating abuse Domestic violence outline management and pregnancy Droit du seigneur Eve teasing Forced abortion Force-feeding Forced marriage Forced pregnancy Forced sterilisation Intimate partner violence Marriage by abduction Marry-your-rapist law Online gender-based violence Raptio Sexual bullying Toxic masculinity Witch trials
International legal framework
DEDAW CEDAW VDPA DEVAW Belém do Pará Maputo Istanbul
Related topics
Prosecution of gender-targeted crimes Women's shelter 25 November 6 February By country Sex and the law Victimology Violence against men Violence against LGBT people
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Whisnant, Rebecca (2004), "Woman centered: a feminist ethic of responsibility", in Walker, Margaret Urban; DesAutels, Peggy (eds.), Moral psychology: feminist ethics and social theory, Feminist Constructions, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 201–218, ISBN 9780742534803.
Whisnant, Rebecca; Dines, Gail; Thompson, Linda (2010), "Arresting images: anti-pornography slide shows, activism and the academy", in Boyle, Karen (ed.), Everyday pornography, London New York: Routledge, pp. 17–33, ISBN 9780415543781. (With Karen Boyle.)
Whisnant, Rebecca (2010), "From Jekyll to Hyde: the grooming of male pornography consumers", in Boyle, Karen (ed.), Everyday pornography, London New York: Routledge, pp. 114–133, ISBN 9780415543781.
Whisnant, Rebecca (2015), "Not your father's Playboy, not your mother's feminist movement: feminism in porn", in Kiraly, Miranda; Tyler, Meagan (eds.), Freedom fallacy: the limits of liberal feminism, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing, ISBN 9781925138542.
Whisnant, Rebecca (2015), "Building feminism, resisting porn culture: where to from here?", in Kiraly, Miranda; Tyler, Meagan (eds.), Freedom fallacy: the limits of liberal feminism, Ballarat, Victoria: Connor Court Publishing, ISBN 9781925138542.

Journal articles

Whisnant, Rebecca (2005). "Rethinking nonviolence: intimate abuse and the needs of survivors". Social Philosophy Today. 21. Philosophy Documentation Center: 225–236. doi:10.5840/socphiltoday2005213.
Whisnant, Rebecca; Mantilla, Karla (2007). "Pornography and pop culture: Backlash and a feminism that is contrary to feminism". Off Our Backs. 37 (7/8). off our backs, inc.: 58–61. JSTOR 20838776.
Whisnant, Rebecca (April–June 2016). ""But what about feminist porn?": examining the work of Tristan Taormino". Sexualization, Media, and Society. 2 (2). SAGE. doi:10.1177/2374623816631727. Pdf.
Whisnant, Rebecca (July–September 2016). "Pornography, humiliation, and consent". Sexualization, Media, and Society. 2 (3). SAGE: 237462381666287. doi:10.1177/2374623816662876. Pdf.
Whisnant, Rebecca (September 2016). "Our Blood: Andrea Dworkin on Race, Privilege, and Women's Common Condition". Women's Studies International Forum. 58: 68–76. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2016.07.004 – via Research Gate.

Book review

Whisnant, Rebecca (August 2007). "Book review: Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights by Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera, Bandana Pattanaik". Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy. 22 (3). Wiley via JSTOR: 194–222. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01097.x. JSTOR 4640092. S2CID 223199853.

Book details: Kempadoo, Kamala (2005). Trafficking and prostitution reconsidered: new perspectives on migration, sex work, and human rights. Boulder, Colorado: Paradigm Publishers. ISBN 9781594510977.

References

^ ^a ^b Whisnant, Rebecca (2002). Centering oneself: normative independence and the moral life (Ph.D. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 51249722.
^ Whisnant, Rebecca (2020). "Rebecca S Whisnant". University of Dayton Directory.
^ "Rebecca Whisnant, PhD". ProCon.org. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Whisnant, Rebecca (1992). An access relations theory of personal identity (M.A. thesis). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OCLC 29334818.
^ "Rebecca S. Whisnant". University of Dayton. Retrieved 25 October 2015.