Unwanted Advances
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| Author | Laura Kipnis |
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| Publisher | Harper |
Publication date | April 4, 2017 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-0-06-265786-2 |
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus is a 2017 book by the American cultural critic Laura Kipnis, published by Harper. The book is largely based on the case of the philosopher Peter Ludlow, who resigned from Northwestern University after a university disciplinary body found that he sexually harassed two students. Ludlow denied any wrongdoing and said the relationship was consensual.[1][2] A central argument of the book is that "the stifling sense of sexual danger sweeping American campuses" and "neo-sentimentality about female vulnerability" do not empower women, but impede the fight for gender equality.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
A student who had brought a Title IX complaint discussed at length in the book filed a lawsuit against Kipnis and her publisher, HarperCollins, alleging invasion of privacy, defamation, and other charges relating to the book.[10] The case was settled. Kipnis has publicly stated, "In case there’s any confusion, Unwanted Advances remains in print and I stand by everything in the book."[11] Unwanted Advances was named one of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Non-Fiction Books of 2017.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Kingkade, Tyler (3 November 2015). "Prominent Professor Is Out After Lengthy Sexual Harassment Probe". The Huffington Post.
- ^ McCarthy, Ciara (3 November 2015). "Northwestern professor resigns after sexual harassment investigation". The Guardian.
- ^ Kipnis, Laura (2 April 2017). "Eyewitness to a Title IX Witch Trial". The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- ^ Cooke, Rachel (2 April 2017). "Sexual paranoia on campus – and the professor at the eye of the storm". The Observer.
- ^ Senior, Jennifer (5 April 2017). "'Unwanted Advances' Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia". The New York Times.
- ^ Smallwood, Christine (2 April 2017). "Laura Kipnis's battle against vulnerability". The New Yorker.
- ^ Martin, Andy (21 April 2017). "Should professors have sex with their students? Heretic Laura Kipnis on campus coitus". The Independent.
- ^ Isaacs, Deanna (24 April 2017). "Laura Kipnis calls out the 'feminine passivity' of rape culture in Unwanted Advances". Chicago Reader.
- ^ Stoner, Rebecca (20 April 2017). "The Feminist Professor Who Says Students Took the Campus Rape Debate Too Far". Vice.
- ^ Rhodes, Dawn (17 May 2017). "Northwestern student sues prof Laura Kipnis over Unwanted Advances book". The Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Leiter, Brian (10 November 2018). "Doe v. Kipnis, HarperCollins has settled". Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
- ^ "The Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2017". The Wall Street Journal. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2019.