This is a companion to my chapter in the Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape: A Multidisciplinary Response to an International Problem (forthcoming from Routledge, February 2013). In glossy advertisements and larger-than-life billboards, models of virile masculinity position themselves to violate both women and, in one case, another man. These images glorify the group subordination of women (and weaker men) as an integral component of an iconic hypermasculinity to which some young men longingly aspire.
Dolce & Gabbana’s 2007 “fantasy rape” ad ran in Esquire and other magazines before public pressure led the Italian fashion company to pull it from circulation.
A second Dolce & Gabbana ad from the same 2007 campaign, this one featuring gay-themed violence.
2009 Calvin Klein ad banned in Australia and elsewhere for being “suggestive of violence and rape.”
2009 ad by another Italian fashion company, Relish, led to anger in Brazil because the police molesting women motorists were dressed in the uniforms of the Rio de Janeiro force.
Recent & Upcoming
Peer consultant
Dr. Franklin is excited to join the multidisciplinary Pacific Forensic Group as a peer consultant.
Podcast interview
Dr. Franklin converses with Laverne Cox about violence against transgender people.
Book chapter
Forensic Psychology in Military Courts, edited by U.S. Air Force Major Christopher Stein and forensic psychologist Jeffrey Younggren, includes a chapter by Dr. Franklin on psychological evaluations in military courts-martial.
NPR radio interview
Dr. Franklin discusses the career of forensic psychology with job coach Marty Nemko on NPR. Listen online or download the podcast HERE.
Career interview
An in-depth interview about Dr. Franklin’s career by psychologist David Webb is online at “All About Forensic Science.”
Training feedback
Participant evaluations of professional trainings has been updated with attorney feedback from a recent training for the Santa Clara County Superior Court on evaluating juvenile competency.
Book review
A review of the first-ever textbook on multiple-perpetrator rape, which includes a chapter by Dr. Franklin, has been published by the European journal Sexologies.
Profiled
Dr. Franklin was profiled in a high school forensic science textbook.