**In this "compelling and disturbing" true story (Rebecca Traister), a
young woman's toxic mentor develops a dark, stalking obsession that
disrupts her career -- and her peace of mind.**Donna Freitas has lived
two lives. In one life, she is a well-published author and respected
scholar who has traveled around the country speaking about Title IX,
consent, religion, and sex on college campuses. In the other, she is a
victim, a woman who suffered and suffers still because she was stalked
by her graduate professor for more than two years.
As a doctoral candidate, Freitas loved asking big questions, challenging
established theories and sinking her teeth into sacred texts. She felt
at home in the library, and safe in the book-lined offices of scholars
whom she admired. But during her first year, one particular scholar
became obsessed with Freitas' academic enthusiasm. He filled her student
mailbox with letters and articles. He lurked on the sidewalk outside her
apartment. He called daily and left nagging voicemails. He befriended
her mother, and made himself comfortable in her family's home. He
wouldn't go away. While his attraction was not overtly sexual, it was
undeniably inappropriate, and most importantly--unwanted.
In Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention, Donna Freitas delivers a
forensic examination of the years she spent stalked by her professor,
and uses her nightmarish experience to examine the ways in which we
stigmatize, debate, and attempt to understand consent today.
