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Excellent interview!

 

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/10/16/bcst-asking-for-it

 

'Asking for It': Analyzing rape culture -- and what can change it

 

IssuesMPR News Staff · Oct 16, 2015

LISTEN Friday Roundtable: Rape culture

51min 5sec

 

'Asking For It' by Kate Harding Courtesy of Da Capo Lifelong Books

Every seven minutes, someone in America commits a rape.

That's one of the stark statistics behind Kate Harding's new book, "Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture — and What We Can Do About It."

Harding analyzes everything from how law enforcement investigates rape cases to how sex is portrayed on TV. She also delves into the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. Many colleges and universities have been in the news for mishandling students' rape allegations while others have made headlines for instituting affirmative consent policies.

The University of Minnesota rolled out its new policy defining sexual consent in September. It's based on the idea that truly consensual relations require active signals from the participants, not just the absence of objections. Student government leaders pushed for the change last year, saying the U's former policy, which called for "mutually understood" consent, was too vague.

• More: U of M rolls out new policy defining sexual consent

To discuss how American culture treats the act of rape, victims of rape, and perpetrators of rape, Harding joined MPR News' Kerri Miller for the Friday Roundtable. Jamie Millard, the co-executive director of Pollen, and Traci Thomas-Card the prevention program coordinator for The Aurora Center at the University of Minnesota, also joined the conversation.

 

 

Amy Kenzie

Program Coordinator, Sexual Violence Prevention Program

and Coordinator, Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force

Injury and Violence Prevention Unit
Minnesota Department of Health

PO Box 64882, St. Paul, MN 55164-0882

Phone: 651-201-5410, FAX: 651-201-5800