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["Ethan Young" <>]

I think it was me who muddied the waters a bit in this discussion -- my
apologies.  Thanks, Chad, for adding some clarity.  I'm not familiar enough
with Sex Signals to comment on whether something in it is inherently
victim-blaming or problematic.

I was using the audience interaction component of Sex Signals as an example
of a bystander engagement initiative, where the actors ask members of the
audience to shout "STOP!" and intervene in some way to change the outcome.
At the same time, I was making a distinction between a single "bystander
engagement initiative" and "bystander training."

The scenario that comes immediately to mind is when someone witnesses a
scene similar to something they (or someone they love) went through
portrayed as "humorous" while surrounded by an audience who seem to be
"laughing at the situation" or minimizing it.  I think we can magnify or
diminish potential harmful effects by how the event is organized and
introduced.

Ethan


-----Original Message-----
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 On Behalf Of Chad Sniffen
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 11:13 AM
To: 

Subject: RE: SAPC Digest, Vol 1238, Issue 1

I think bystander intervention training has been incorrectly conflated with
Sex Signals in this thread. The aspect of Sex Signals that I think people
here would identify as re-victimizing is the way in which it presents
alternate "signals" that the victim in the scenario could have communicated
to make her or his non-consent more clear. That is not a bystander
framework. In the actual presentation the audience plays a narrative role by
identifying things that the participants in the scenario might do
difficulty, but the point of that audience interaction is not to teach a
bystander skill necessarily.

Best,
Chad


-----Original Message-----
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 On Behalf Of Lauren Sogor
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 5:55 AM
To: 

Subject: RE: SAPC Digest, Vol 1238, Issue 1

Question for Ethan and others: I'm curious to know what you mean when
you say that bystander intervention training has the potential to
re-victimize survivors? I could be missing something, but I have never
heard that argument before, so I'm just curious to know more about your
point of view! Thanks,
Lauren





E. Lauren Sogor, MPH
Prevention Campaign Specialist


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