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Abstract: 

The year was 1991 and rape and its victims had captured the attention of our national media. In April, the cover story for Newsweek , “Victims of Rape,” raised important questions about why the stigma surrounding sexual violence remained so powerful. In June, Time weighed in with a cover feature of its own. “Date Rape” was the magazine’s entrée into what they called “an emotional national debate” on the subject of non-stranger sexual violence. That same month, HBO premiered Rape: Cries From the Heartland , a documentary filmed at the Rape Crisis Center in Memphis, which told the stories of seven victims of rape ranging in age from eight to 72. During that spring every major news outlet featured a story— or stories—on rape and sexual violence.

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Affiliations:  1: Marquette University; 2: The Voices and Faces Project.