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...depressing as much of the discussion was, I found some solace in the behavior of the men at the workshop. When I was a first-year, the reaction of my male peers to the date rape presentation could be summed up as "I would never do that, so it's not my problem...
...them later memorably described all women as being either "pals, babes or bitches." He said this in front of me and my roommates and seemed surprised when we took offense. The first-year men at the workshop this week showed far greater sensitivity. After a story of date rape was read, one of them commented "It's the kind of thing that makes you ashamed...
...statistic "one in four" is a chilling one to hear as a woman. When I first heard it, I knew no victims (or "survivors," as the workshop called them) of date rape. Now, I could spend thie entire column recounting stories of rape or attempted rape...
...Date rape statistics reveal the vulnerability of otherwise self-sufficient women. Whether they consider themselves students of Harvard or of Radcliffe, Democrats or Republicans, pre-meds or pre-laws, each of them faces the reality that one day her intelligence, strength, independence and self-assurance may count for nothing. And that her trust in another student may be brutally violated. If it doesn't happen to her, it will happen to one of her closest friends...
...doubt many of my first-years are aware of the ongoing controversy surrounding Harvard's date rape policy. Few of them read The Crimson, and it's easy to get confused by the dictionary debate that marks date rape discussion on this campus...