So this book was a really great read for me and not because of my religious beliefs. In the Bible (a very patriarchal book) it talks about how Dinah was raped but we know nothing beyond this about her. Anita Diamant takes a really interesting take on this by giving her a story beyond her being known as a 'victim' of rape in the Bible.
This book also made me think about how once a woman become 'victims' many times who they are is forgotten in the media and this label is continually used. They are essentailly raped of their identity and just a lot of the content of this book is really great-i read it for Women Studies and suprisingly liked it! We talked a lot about the right to our bodies and making decisions but i don't think we touched upon the erasure of a woman's identity once she is a vicitm. Although, the Feinberg article on labels is a good place to look at the fact that these labels limit us.I am curious how women feel about a book that extends the life of a character from of all places the Bible?
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