Word: sexualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Concerned about the lack of serious discussion about the very real issue of sexual violence, I asked several of my classmates what their thoughts were on the meeting. One said she found the skits entertaining and felt they did not focus enough on the "message that rape is not the woman's fault." Another friend found the meeting "a little silly." and continued, "Everyone was laughing, including the actors." This approach, according to my friend, "makes it seem like calling the number is a joke. I don't want to call that number...
Even though this meeting and the Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment (SASH) Advisor program are an important beginning step, Harvard needs to address the needs of its female students with more direct action. Harvard presents an attitude that each student must "find her own way." This attitude neglects the needs of both first-years and women in post-traumatic stress situations. Women who have been sexually assaulted are not in the position to read through a pamphlet for help or seek out a SASH tutor. Harvard needs a stronger support network of counseling, outreach and sexual violence education to prevent sexual violence...
...upstairs knew who the contact person was but could not envision themselves talking to her. Although in my dorm we live with our SASH advisor, the students in most first-year dorms have never met the person they are supposed to turn to if they are the victims of sexual violence...
...difficult for most first-year women to envision themselves as victims of sexual violence in this community that is supposed to be a safe home for the next four years, but we must all face the reality of sexual violence in our society. As Peer Relations Date Rape Education (PRDRE) reported at the "Safe Community" meeting, the beginning of college is statistically the time a student has the highest risk for being affected by sexual assault. This is a situation that Harvard University must face head on and deal with to create a truly "safe community" for all its students...
...commented that the speakers needed to "talk to us more, be real and not make a joke of it." This University, which is supposed to be one of the best in the world, has no clear dedication to the serious issues affecting women undergraduates. Harvard University needs to take sexual violence seriously and address this problem by improving the education during first-year orientation week, increasing student awareness of the availability of Sexual Assault/ Sexual Harassment (SASH) Advisors and ensuring that all students know where to go if they are victims of sexual violence...