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

 Dear colleagues;

I, along with Susan Lewis of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 
and Jacki White, from UNC Greensboro - just presented a panel discussion on 
alcohol and sexual violence at the 25th annual IVAT (International conference 
on Violence, Abuse and Trauma).? It is groundbreaking stuff - and important 
to talk about on campuses in terms of risk, causation and policy-making.? I 
tossed out the question - what's the difference between rape of an 
intoxicated person and "sex with a buzz"?? The answers and reactions from the 
audience were extraordinary both in terms of desire to understand the answer 
and frustration that there is no fair way to draw a line.

I recommend bringing all or some of us to campus to elucidate the issues and 
foster a fuller appreciation for the role of alcohol in the epidemic of 
sexual violence, especially on college campuses.

Wendy Murphy


 


 

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   1. Sex Matters component of Alcohol EDU (Juliette Grimmett)


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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:59:55 -0400
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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.  




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