Rape, Murder, and Mutilation

In this episode, Em and Caz turn their attention to a particularly bloody narrative - Judges 19-21 - which depicts gang rape, murder, dismemberment, and sex trafficking. By making connections with some contemporary cases of violent crime, they shine a light on the ways that toxic masculinity and patriarchy shape the horrific gender violence that’s portrayed in this biblical story. 

Show notes

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Resources for this episode

Will Briggs, “‘A Man’s Gotta Do What a Man’s Gotta Do?’ The Criticism of Hegemonic Masculinity in Judges 19:1-20:7.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 42, no. 1 (2017): 51-71. 

Brandon Hurlbert, “Cut & Splice: Reading Judges 19 Cinematically.” Biblical Interpretation (2020): 1-25. 

Ryan Kuja, “Remembering the Body: Misogyny Through the Lens of Judges 19.” Feminist Theology 25, no. 1 (2016): 89–95.

Sharmila Lodhia, “From “living corpse” to India's daughter: Exploring the social, political and legal landscape of the 2012 Delhi gang rape.” Women’s Studies International Forum 50 (2015): 89-101

Murderpedia, “Richard B. Crafts.”

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/crafts-richard.htm

Victor G. Petreca et al., “Dismemberment and Mutilation: A Data-Driven Exploration of Patterns, Motives, and Styles.” Journal of Forensic Sciences 65, no. 3 (2020): 888-96.

Teresa da Silva, Jessica Woodhams and Leigh Harkins, “Multiple perpetrator rape: A critical review of existing explanatory theories.” Aggression and Violent Behavior 25 (2015): 150-58.

Mitzi J. Smith, “Dis-membering, Sexual Violence, and Confinement: A Womanist Intersectional Reading of the Story of the Levite’s Wife (Judges 19).” In Insights from African American Interpretation, edited by Mitzi J. Smith and Mark Allen Powell, 99-121. Augsburg Fortress, 2017.

RedHanded podcast

https://redhandedpodcast.com/ 

True Crime Brewery podcast, episode 231, “The Disappearance of Helle Crafts.” 

https://tiegrabber.com/podcasts/the-disappearance-of-helle-crafts/ 

Support Services

Shine (NZ) - https://www.2shine.org.nz/ 

Family Violence - It’s Not Okay (NZ) - https://www.areyouok.org.nz/ 

List of sexual assault support services (NZ) - https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ 

Full Stop (Australia) - https://fullstop.org.au/ 

National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) - https://www.thehotline.org/ 

RAINN (USA) - https://www.rainn.org/ 

Women’s Aid (UK) - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/ 

Rape Crisis (UK) - https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ 

Rape Crisis Scotland -​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ 

International list of hotlines, crisis centers, and other resources organized by location - https://pandys.org/forums/index.php?/forum/42-public-resources/