{"id":32887,"date":"2013-03-24T00:52:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/rape-education-as-rape-prevention.html"},"modified":"2013-03-24T00:52:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T06:52:22","slug":"rape-education-as-rape-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/rape-education-as-rape-prevention.html","title":{"rendered":"Rape Education as Rape Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"
We've got a lot of conflicted ideas about rape and sexual assault in our society, if for no other reason that that it's deeply wrapped up in male self-image, female self-image, religion, morality, cultural norms, and a hundred different fundamental and\/or unconscious attitudes.<\/p>\n

Which makes talking about how to prevent rape difficult, because nobody wants to be seen as a rapist, or as a rape victim, or as blaming the victim, or as shirking personal \/ group responsibility for the matter.<\/p>\n

A huge barrier is how we think of rape and rapists: as the stranger lurking in an alleyway who grabs a woman off the street and sexually assaults her. \u00a0And, yes, that happens.<\/p>\n

But there's also rape and sexual assault that takes place when, in a social<\/i> setting with people the victim knows,<\/i> sexual activity taking place without consent. \u00a0That is, by definition, rape. And those are the settings that become the most emotionally charged and socially \/ culturally controversial (cf. the Steubenville rape case so much in the news of late).<\/p>\n

One of the unfortunate conflicts that has come out of all of this has been a lot of finger-pointing over whom we should be teaching\/counseling to avoid a rape situation. And the the bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that everyone<\/i> needs to be trained to act\u00a0responsibly. \u00a0<\/p>\n

So, yeah, if you are a potential victim (traditionally, but not necessarily, a woman), there are things that, yes, you should do (or not do) to avoid getting yourself into a situation where you may be assaulted. That doesn't mean that if it happens, you are to blame (a too frequent phenomenon in our society), but just like we lock our doors when we leave the house, or don't leave valuables sitting around in plain sight at the office, or park our cars on dubious and poorly-lit streets in bad parts of town, or wander around as an obvious tourist with your wallet fat and sticking out of your back pocket … so, too, in an imperfect world, people should take precautions to avoid being a victim.<\/p>\n

But … BUT … by the same token, the potential victimizers<\/i> need training, education, awareness and consciousness-raising, too. \u00a0Yeah, the drooling sociopath in the alley isn't going to be affected by public awareness campaigns. \u00a0But the college kid (or high school kid) at the party, the person helping a drunk friend back home — these people need to be reminded (because, clearly, not all of them\u00a0have been taught it in our society) that No Means No<\/i> and lack of clear, competent consent mean No, too.<\/i><\/p>\n

Acknowledging that\u00a0doesn't mean we're saying all men are rapists. It means that some<\/i> men might not fully understand what rape really is.<\/i> So let's tell them and teach them, for everyone's<\/i> benefit, including theirs.<\/p>\n

And, remarkably, when you do that sort of teaching,\u00a0it seems to have an effect on rape and sexual assaults. As this article details about a one-off program in one Canadian city that had a remarkable effect in a very short time.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rape Prevention Aimed At Rapists Does Work: The “Don’t Be That Guy” Campaign<\/a>
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