Word: sexualize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHILE this year's Take Back the Night rally attracted many enthusiastic participants, the march seemed to have lost touch with its original purpose. The event is designed to give women the opportunity to act together to reclaim areas where the threat of sexual violence prevents us from normally going. By marching and chanting confidently through these streets, we empower ourselves and defy this threat. As women acting in solidarity we can--for one night at least--take charge of the streets without protection or assistance...
...right to control our bodies and demand that we be heard when we say "No" to men. Actions such as Take Back the Night reveal our strength in numbers, provide women with too-infrequent leadership roles and recognize a community which will support us in personal crises involving sexual aggression. They bolster our confidence as women and enable us to approach interaction with men from a position of strength rather than of weakness...
...Night march lacked the feminist strength of past years. The traditional chant "Women unite, take back the night" was diluted to "People unite" in acknowledgement of the men who were present. Speakers repeatedly thanked these men for participating and warned the crowd that women alone cannot stop rape and sexual violence. In addition, a male student, Jeff Goldberg '88, spoke at the rally...
...speech, Goldberg did not concentrate on how men can work with other men to change their attitudes. Instead, he advised women about how they should resist sexual violence and how men can help them do so. Such a speech, while well-intentioned, was ill-considered and inappropriate...
...letter written to The Crimson on April 21, Goldberg encouraged men to attend the march and stated that "women must not march alone...men must join women in their fight to be free of sexual harassment." He calls sexual harassment a "community problem" and likens it to homelessness. Goldberg's letter stems from his desire to curb violence against women, but his sentences carry an ominous double meaning...