Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Eric Garrison" <>]

Dear Colleagues,

I have written a script that is based on the old He Said/She Said scripts of 
20 or so years ago, but now with androgynous characters and no pronouns. 

The last line spoken is by the survivor: "I can't believe it - I was raped."

Some members of the university using the script want to change that statement 
to a question, "Was I raped?" thinking that powerful messages are too strong 
for the parents of first-year students(and this is a very 
liberal/progressive/openminded university, so I was surprised.)

The final verdict is: keep the statement for the student presentation, but 
change it to a question for the parental presentation.

Any thoughts, sagacious colleagues?

Eric 



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Eric M. Garrison, MAEd, MSc (London)
Diplomate of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
International Consultant and Speaker in Human Sexuality & the Public Health

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