“The More I Read, the More I Realized that There Were Some Problems:” Philosophy and Sexual Violence, with Amber Spence
WIC-Ed Podcast by Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis
Episode notes
In this episode, Public Educator Cindy McMann chats with Amber Spence, a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Guelph who specializes in sexual violence.
We talk about how philosophy helped Amber in her journey as a survivor, what tools it can offer other survivors, how philosophy misses the mark in academic research on sexual violence and why that matters for the rest of us.
Content Warning: sexual violence, trauma and sexual harm
Resources:
Susan J. Brison, Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self
Karyn L. Freedman, ...