10/09/2009
“ What would it look like if colleges did just that? For starters, they would provide in-depth programs on healthy sexuality and sexual safety, instead of getting by with a pamphlet and an hour demonstration at orientation. Schools would stop telling girls to mind their liquor so they don’t “get themselves” raped and start teaching young men that alcohol is never an excuse to “get away” with anything. They would offer bystander training, so that all students on campus know what it looks like when someone’s sexual boundaries are being violated and what to do if they see that happening. They would teach students that the only real consent is the kind that’s freely and enthusiastically given, removing the “she didn’t exactly say no” excuse that too many rapists hide behind. And their campus policies would support prevention, recovery, and justice, not dismissiveness, victim-blaming, and denial. „
Combating the Campus Rape Crisis / Jaclyn Friedman, The American Prospect
Brilliant article, although amazing and disheartening that this kind of approach is still rather revolutionary.
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