She is best known for her pioneering work on the politics of rape in Against Our Will : Men , Women , and Rape ( http://www.susanbrownmiller.com/html/against_our_will.html ) ( 1975 ) . Brownmiller says that rape has been defined by men rather than women until now . She is best known for her pioneering work on the politics of rape in her 1975 book Against Our Will : Men , Women , and Rape ( http://www.susanbrownmiller.com/susanbrownmiller/html/against_our_will.html ) Brownmiller argues that rape had been hitherto defined by men rather than women ; and that men use , and all men benefit from the use of , rape as a means of perpetuating male dominance by keeping all women in a state of fear .