Sex Crimes, Blame, and Perceptions of Society

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In five pages this paper discusses society's blaming of women for sex crimes as considered in Joyce Carol Oates' short story that fictionalized the actual Charles Schmid sex murders of the Sixties entitled 'Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been' and also examines how the issue is represented in Common Decency by Susan Jacoby and When a Woman Says No by Ellen Goodman. There are no other sources cited.