About the Author

Dee Smythe is Professor and Director of the Law, Race and Gender Unit in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is also senior lecturer in the Department of Public Law. She is the author (with Pithey, B., and Artz, L) of Commentary on the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act 32 of 2007, (Juta, 2011), and (with Artz, L.) Should we consent? The politics of rape law reform in South Africa (Juta, 2008).