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[LB Klein <>]

Is anyone else truly disturbed by this product as well as the Chronicle reporting on it? Here are some highlights for why I'm concerned this is circulating:

1)  "Most of these situations are about, let’s face it, people being sloppy with one another and deciding to engage in activities that have not been fully discussed." This does not jive with what we know about perpetration of sexual assault. I'm concerned that someone without real knowledge of the nature and dynamics of sexual violence is marketing a product to allegedly prevent it. 

2) Consent is not just about one "yes," it's about an ongoing series of yeses. Even if this were to be a remotely valid way to get consent from a partner before initiating sex, anyone involved should be able to withdraw consent at any time. 

3) This app and its developer don't seem to be interested in truly stopping sexual violence, holding perpetrators accountable, or supporting survivors. Concerned about a scandal within your athletic team or insert-another-group-here? There's an app for that!  Yikes. 

4) The victim-blaming and misogynistic concept that women typically "cry rape" because their feelings about a sexual encounter change the next day is all over the website for this app. This seems like more of a prevention of prosecution/accountability app for perpetrators, when perpetrators are already so rarely held accountable.

Also, don't read the comments.

LB Klein, MSW | Educator & Consultant based in Atlanta, GA

Graduate Student, Program on Gender-Based Violence, University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs

Lead Trainer, Prevention Innovations Research Center, University of New Hampshire

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Subject: FW: Chronicle of Higher Ed Article: Sexual Assault App
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:21:11 +0000

FYI

 

http://chronicle.com/article/When-It-Comes-to-Preventing/230823/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

 

 

 

Carmen Hotvedt
Assistant Director for Violence Prevention (EVOC)
University Health Services
UW-Madison

End Violence On Campus
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