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

[Elizabeth Cahn <>]

Has anyone worked on consent education related to reducing sexual 
misconduct/assault between women, especially at women's single-sex 
colleges or other institutions?

In particular, we are looking for ways to address this topic given the 
norms of greater physical and emotional intimacy between women. We want 
to help women students think about boundaries and intimate behaviors 
more critically in an environment that feels totally "safe" to many of 
them. However, when social norms allow for higher amounts of physical 
contact, sleeping in the same bed, etc., this seems to result in 
situations in which "misunderstandings" of the sexual intent or nature 
of an experience can occur, regardless of the students' sexual 
identities, orientations, or histories.

If you have documents you can share, please send them to me at 
.

Thanks so much,

Elizabeth Cahn
Project Assistant, Health Education
Pattie J. Groves Health Center
50 College Street
South Hadley MA 01075
(413) 538-2208 telephone
(413) 538-2352 fax






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