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

["Juliette Grimmett" <>]

Hello all -

Have any of you seen this new portion of the alcohol EDU program?  I have 
tremendous concerns about the messages it sends.  Some folks on campus are 
considering keeping this section and I am trying to build a multi-faceted 
response as to why it is dangerous and to me sends the opposite messages that 
we at the women's center and our peer educators are teaching.  For example, I 
believe the module is the following: victim-blaming, puts all responsibility 
to stop rape on women, not promoting a culture change or any accountability 
for perpetrators, incrorrectly using defintions of rape and sexual assault, 
by being embedded in alcohol EDU it sends the dangerous message that alcohol 
causes rape, etc.).  This is not to mention my overall concerns of having an 
online sexual assault training, but i was trying to have an open-mind.  

If any of you have any thoughts about this (positive or negative) I would 
really love to hear them as soon as possible.  I have attached the link to 
view it if you are interested - it took me about 45 minutes to go through 
because i was taking a lot of notes, but it says it is supposed to take 20-30 
minutes.  They want feedback by Tuesday so any help is greatly appreciated!

To access a DEMO version of Sex Matters:
1. Go to: http://college.alcoholedu.com/
2. Under New User enter the following Login ID: NB1SA
3. Click "Sign Up."
4. Once you have created an account, please copy and paste the following link 
into your web browser: http://college.alcoholedu.com/courseoutline.aspx This ;
link will bring you to the course outline.
5. From here, you can choose the Sex Matters portion of the AlcoholEdu 
course.