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THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MURDER

JANE CAPUTI

University of New Mexico

In mainstream discussion, violent crimes against women frequently are presented as inexplicable and their perpetrators as social deviants. Feminists have argued for an awareness of the sexually political and conformist nature of such crimes and have invented the word gynocide to name the range of systematic violence against women by men. I look at the issues raised by three recent manifestations of gynocide in the United States: the battering of Hedda Nussbaum and murder of Lisa Steinberg by Joel Steinberg, the execution of serial killer Ted Bundy, and a series of murders of "prestigeless" women.

Gender & Society, Vol. 3, No. 4, 437-456 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/089124389003004003
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