"Professor Romito's book brilliantly makes the case that, cross-culturally, entrenched epistemological, 'scientific' and political systems have rendered 'normal' the male abuse of females and children. What really distinguishes her book is its scope - the interweaving of social scientific, legal and cultural maintenance of a system that victimizes half the human race. Any course on violence against women in English-speaking ... Read morecountries should include this book." Professor Lynne Henderson, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas "A Deafening Silence is an ideal read for those who have come to the topic more recently, or who have a particular interest in the feminist perspective. " British Journal of Social Work, Vol 38:6, 2008. "A Deafening Silence is an excellent book. Like Brownmiller's Against our Will (1975), Armstrong's Rocking the Cradle of Sexual Politics (1996) and McColgan's Women under the Law (2000), which each offer a fusion of theory with countless examples in a way in which the whole is far more than the sum of its parts, Romito gives the reader something quite unique." Nicole Westmarland in British Journal of Criminology, July 2009 "A Deafening Silence is an ideal read for those who have come to the topic more recently, or who have a particular interest in the feminist perspective." British Journal of Social Work, Vol 38:6, 2008 "This book is a comprehensive and groundbreaking demonstration that it is the misogyny inherent in most violence against females that constitutes the deafening silence, not the silence of the victims. Romito's brilliant analysis of the many mechanisms involved in hiding this truth is a must-read for anyone concerned about understanding and combating the monumental and devastating problem of male violence against women and children." Diana E.H. Russell, author of the award-winning The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women and many other books on violence against women. Show Less