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I am looking for any resent articles or research on trends in women's
drinking especially college. Help if you can.

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   1. Re: SAPC Digest, Vol 532, Issue 1 (Carey Nason)
   2. Claire Kaplan has sent you a Women's Enews story 
      
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   3. sexual assault prevention with athletes (Keith E. Edwards)
   4. Sexual Violence Education Coordinator, Minnesota State
      Mankato (Rosenfeld, Deirdre J)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:25:07 -0400
From: "Carey Nason" 
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 on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at 12:02 PM
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:25:54 -0500
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>Does anybody have information on programs, or implementation of
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>for prevention work with male athletes?
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>Thanks!
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>~Rebecca Schiltz
>CASA Victim Services Coordinator
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>715.836.4357


Hi, 

There are 2 resources that come to mind.   

Dr. Sandy Caron at the University of Maine developed a program in 1990
called Athletes for Sexual Responsibility.   It is offered as a for
credit course for athletes.   In the course, they learn about a wide
variety of topics including safer and
healthy sexual practices, as well as sexual assault awareness.  From
there, they do presentations, workshops and awareness events for a
variety of groups, including other athletes.  They have a series of
videos and posters too that have been viewed
as "models" by the NCAA, and can be ordered from their site.   FMI:  
http://www.umaine.edu/athletesforsexualresponsibility/ ;

Another related group at the University of Maine is MAAV, Male Athletes
Against Violence.  It was started a couple of years ago by a football
player, Marcus Walton, who worked in conjunction with Dr. Caron.   Their
link is: 
http://www.umaine.edu/maav/.  ;

Dr. Caron's contact information is:    
Dr. Sandra Caron
220 Merrill Hall 
Orono, ME   04469
Phone:  (207) 581-3138
Email:  

  

Another group I highly recommend is the University of Texas Austin's
peer theatre program "Voices Against Violence."   It is an  interactive
program that would work very well with athletes and teams.   Their
website is
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~vav/.  They performed here last year and the
feedback we received was outstanding.  Geeta Cowlagi is the current
coordinator of the peer theatre program.   

Geeta's contact information is:
Geeta Cowlagi 
Education Specialist
100 A W. Dean Keeton St.
1 University Station A3500
Austin, TX   78712
Phone:  (512) 475-6989
Email:  

 



Carey 


Carey Nason
Safe Campus Project
201 East Annex
Orono, ME 04469
(207) 581-2515

 




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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:28:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: Claire Kaplan has sent you a Women's Enews story 
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Claire Kaplan thought you would be interested in the following Women's
Enews story: 



COMMENTARY 


Columnist Dishes Dangerous Logic About Rape

By Jennifer L. Pozner - WeNews commentator

Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed
are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's Enews.

(WOMENSENEWS)--Fresh from the media's trusty "feminism is responsible
for every evil thing in American culture" files, a new one: feminists
cause rape. At least, that's the premise of an April 14 Wall Street
Journal opinion piece headlined, "Ladies, You Should Know Better: How
feminism wages war on common sense."

In the piece, Naomi Schaefer Riley declares women "moronic" for
"engaging in behavior" that makes them rape-magnets and feminists
responsible for turning women into morons in the first place. She bashes
rape and murder victims as too stupid to prevent their attacks and
paints an entirely false picture of campus feminist education and
advocacy programs.

Learning that DNA evidence links Darryl Littlejohn--the bouncer charged
in the high-profile rape and murder of New York graduate student Imette
St. Guillen--to a prior sexual assault, Schaefer Riley concludes not
that serial rapists must be stopped, but that women should "use a little
more common sense" lest they get themselves attacked.

"Ms. St. Guillen was last seen in a bar, alone and drinking at 3 a.m.
on the Lower East Side of Manhattan," Shaefer Riley writes, and "more
than a few of us have been thinking that a 24-year-old woman should know
better."

It's hard to imagine that many intelligent adults would look at that
brutal rape and homicide and think, "Wow, what a stupid dead girl." But
that's the company she keeps. Schaefer Riley's early writing on religion
was subsidized by the John M. Olin Foundation, which--before it closed
in 2005--gave hundreds of thousands to help female writers such as
Christina Hoff Sommers, author of "Who Stole Feminism? How Women Have
Betrayed Women," produce highly inaccurate polemics and media programs
foment the idea that feminists whine too much about rape, that date rape
is a "myth" and that the Violence Against Women Act is unnecessary.

Dismisses the Duke Controversy

The author also dismisses the controversy surrounding the 27-year-old
African American student and exotic dancer who alleges she was raped by
white Duke University lacrosse players as simply "much hand-wringing
about the alleged rape of a stripper."

"A stripper with street smarts is apparently a Hollywood myth,"
Schaefer Riley sniffs, since the woman didn't anticipate the possibility
of assault.

With her penchant for victim blaming Schaefer Riley promotes dangerous
misperceptions about the nature of rape in America.

While it's certainly important for women (and men) to evaluate our
social behavior with an eye toward safety, staying sober and staying
home does not inoculate women against sexual violence.

But keeping women safe wasn't Schafer Riley's real goal. Nor were St.
Guillen and the alleged Duke U. victim her ultimate targets. She
reserved her harshest scorn for feminists, the easy whipping girls of
contemporary culture.

Schafer Riley claims feminists have created a culture of female
irresponsibility. Feminists, she claims, tell college students that "if
a woman is forced against her will to have sex, it is 'not her fault'
and that women always have the right to 'control their own bodies.'"
Feminists, she says, don't tell women how to avoid particularly
threatening situations. Feminists, she says, "rarely discuss what to do
to reduce the likelihood of a rape. Short of re-educating men, that
is."

The Picture Is Distorted

Problem is, the picture she paints doesn't resemble today's campuses.
Contrary to decades of concerted attacks on college feminism, anti-rape
education and organizing is very rarely limited to what Schaefer Riley
describes as radical feminist warnings "that men are evil and
dangerous."

In fact, self-defense classes have become very popular on college
campuses, and most schools offer awareness-raising programs on the role
alcohol plays in a large percentage of sexual assaults.

Despite Schaefer Riley's suggestion that feminists have promoted hard
drinking as a gender equality issue, many women's centers and women's
studies programs conduct campaigns to help women avoid potentially
high-risk situations, advising students to avoid binge drinking, decline
drinks poured by others to avoid date-rape drugs, and to attend parties
with one or more friends rather than solo.

The most effective, ethical programs--certainly those that are
feminist-led--note that while minimizing risk is a worthy goal, it is
impossible for women to prevent sexual assault, since the majority of
rape cases are perpetrated by victims' boyfriends, husbands, relatives,
friends or acquaintances, not bouncers who accost strangers in dark
alleys or a gang of drunken lacrosse players.

Ignoring Feminist Efforts

Since such efforts poke a hole in Schaefer Riley's premise, she simply
ignores them.

"Whatever the problem is, it won't be fixed this year or possibly ever,
even with the best sorts of attitude adjustment," Schaefer Riley writes.
"Perhaps the law of averages says that, with 14 million men in U.S.
colleges today, a few of them will be rapists. What to do? For starters:
Be wary of drunken house parties."

The moral of her story: Women who go out to bars in the city ask for
rape. Strippers who work bachelor parties ask for rape. College students
who get plastered ask for rape. And men who rape? It's not worth holding
them accountable for their behavior.

The contention that men are essentially violent and women just have to
learn to deal is a useless strategy for sexual assault prevention. In
fact, it's downright dangerous, perpetuating the regressive idea that
men can commit abusive, criminal acts with impunity and the only thing
women can do to cope is to avoid alcohol, parties and miniskirts. It's a
depressing view of the world that offers women no hope of societal
change, only fear and disempowerment.

The "common sense" that Schaefer Riley says feminists have trained out
of women is sorely missing from her commentary, as it is from most
attempts to shift responsibility away from perpetrators and onto
victims.

Jennifer L. Pozner is a journalist, lecturer, and founder and executive
director of Women In Media and News, a national women's media analysis,
education and advocacy group.

Women's eNews welcomes your comments. E-mail us at

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For more information:

Women In Media and News (WIMN): - http://www.wimnonline.org/ ;

Wall Street Journal-- - "Ladies, You Should Know Better": -
http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110008237 ;

Feminist Majority Foundation-- - Sexual Assault Resources: -
http://www.feminist.org/911/assaultlinks.html ;

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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:17:11 -0400
From: "Keith E. Edwards" 
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I speak to a lot of athletes (and fraternity men) on college campuses,

many of which are required to be there. Their requirement to attend 
reinforces for these students what they already understand - that 
athletes often have a not so positive image on campus related to sexual

assault (often times earned and some times not). The reality is that 
only they can change that image through leadership. To do so means that

they must first take responsibility as individuals and as a group 
(athletes and men in general). By helping them understand how the rape

culture on campus and in society mis-educates men about consent, they 
can begin to more accurately understand the difference between rape and

sex. Once they accurately understand concepts of consent and informed 
consent, they can begin to be leaders on campus in changing their own 
behaviors, influencing their male peers, and joining with women to
speak 
out against the rape culture, which encourages, condones, and teaches 
men's violence against women. I use real life examples from campus that

the students can relate to as well as prominent examples from pop 
culture that help illustrate how we are all mis-educated and how we can

begin to identify, deconstruct, and confront them. By tapping into 
athletes as leaders and illustrating for them what they can do, rather

than the blame and shame approach, they often become actually eager to

re-educate themselves, their peers, and join with women to work against

the rape culture on campus.

 

I would also recommend the work of Mentors in Violence Prevention and 
their excellent work with athletes and bystander intervention, which 
many of you may know from Jackson Katz's leadership. 
http://www.jacksonkatz.com/mvp.html ;


-- 

*Keith E. Edwards*

*Men Ending Rape*
302-377-2982


 


 - http://www.menendingrape.org ;



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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:42:56 -0500
From: "Rosenfeld, Deirdre J" 
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Subject: Sexual Violence Education Coordinator, Minnesota State
        Mankato
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Please distribute:

Sexual Violence Education Coordinator (full-time, probationary)
The information posted below is available online at
http://www.mnsu.edu/affact/MSU-VAC_NOT/SVEC.htm.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
The search committee will begin screening applications on May 22, 2006
and will continue until finalists are chosen.

SALARY RANGE
Commensurate with experience. Starting salary range for this position
will be no less than $36,636.
        
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
July 1, 2006
        
RESPONSIBILITIES
*       Provide direct services to student survivors of sexual
violence.
*       Create, implement and assess sexual violence awareness,
prevention and risk-reduction workshops, trainings and educational
programs for students including coordinating special events.  Provide
on-campus training and consultation about sexual assault prevention,
services, referrals and response protocol.
*       Participate in University committees that review and develop
sexual violence response policies and procedures.
*       Program administration.
*       Monitor, track and analyze outcomes of sexual violence reports
at MSU and maintain and publicize statistics.
*       Collaborate with a cross-section of University offices and
departments.
*       Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
*       Bachelor's Degree
*       40-hour sexual assault advocacy training completed
*       Two years full-time professional sexual violence, higher
education or related professional experience
*       Knowledge of  and experience with sexual violence-related
issues, including support services and prevention/risk-reduction
*       Knowledge of needs of college students or student development
theory
*       Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including
speaking/presenting
*       Program planning experience and ability to work collaboratively
with  students, staff, faculty and other university constituents
*       Sensitivity and an ability to assess and evaluate crisis
situations
*       Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and appropriate
boundaries
*       Ability to supervise student staff and volunteers
*       Demonstrated commitment to understanding the intersection of
gender, race, economic status, sexual orientation, and other
significant
aspects of individual or cultural identity
*       Proven ability to multi-task and fulfill deadlines under
pressure
*       Ability to represent the institution, the Women's Center, and
the needs of students

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 
*       Experience in a campus or community-based sexual violence
program
*       Knowledge of contemporary women's and gender issues
*       Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrable
experience in promoting and enhancing diversity
*       Experience in Student Affairs on a university campus
                        
RELATED INFORMATION
*       Candidates committed to assisting the University in fulfilling
its diversity goals are encouraged to apply.
*       In order to be considered a finalist for this position,
candidates must provide documentation that certifies completion of a
40-hour sexual violence advocacy training program, as well as an
official transcript.
*       This position reports to the Director of the Women's Center
within the division of Student Affairs at MSU.  For more information
about the Women's Center visit mnsu.edu/wcenter
<http://www.mnsu.edu/wcenter> . 
*       Employment for this position is covered by the collective
bargaining agreement for Minnesota State University Administrative and
Service Faculty which can be found at: www.hr.mnscu.edu/LR/index.html.

*       For application form, see:
http://www.mnsu.edu/affact/search/forms/unclassapp.pdf.

TO APPLY
If you are interested in becoming a part of the Minnesota State
Mankato
community, send or fax an MSU Application for Unclassified Employment
form, letter of application addressing qualifications above, resume,
transcripts, and names of three references, with addresses and
telephone
numbers to address below. An official or certified copy of the
transcript will be required prior to any interview for this position.

SVEC Search Committee, c/o Women's Center       
218 Centennial Student Union    
Minnesota State University, Mankato     
Mankato, MN 56001       
Phone:  (507) 389-6146
TTY:    (800) 627-3529 or 711
E-mail: 

 


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