Word: tbtn
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...Since Radcliffe will no longer be a functioning college, female students' mandatory $5 term bill should go the way of the College. On the other hand, bringing these activities under the umbrella of Harvard will be unifying for the campus. For example, this week's Take Back The Night (TBTN) programs are organized by RUS and sponsored by Radcliffe, a patronage that might have the unintended effect of distancing male undergraduates from involvement in the movement. We need one college for all students, one which actively supports and promotes women's issues on campus...
...against this background that Take Back the Night (TBTN) enters the stage, here at Harvard and across the nation. Observed April 19-25, TBTN is a national attempt to bring to light issues of violence against women. This year at Harvard, though, TBTN, is taking on a broader focus. According to Talya Weisbard '00, co-chair of TBTN, she and others involved in planning the week-long event decided to "broaden the mission to include other women's issues and to plan events that empower women and help women feel strong." In the minutes from their planning meeting, TBTN...
This multi-tiered conception of TBTN manifests itself in programs that focus on women in the work force and tenuring practices at Harvard, in programs focused on violence to the self, particularly an eat-in sponsored by ECHO about women and body image, and in women's empowerment, most literally dealt with through a self-defense workshop for women...
This year's TBTN planning committee is unique not only for its broader focus, but also for the composition of its membership. For the first time in the memory of its chairs, the committee was one-fifth male (six out of 30 members). As these numbers indicate and as the programs reflect, issues of physical violence are increasingly entertained in the public domain and represent issues of concern for all people, not merely a small group of women...
...broader vision of TBTN mirrors some of the questions that the Paula Jones case has brought to national attention. Sexual harassment, as the blurred borders and uncertain legal language testify, is a murky area that is profoundly affected by more than narrow descriptions of physical violence. If we are to create an effective, compassionate and just system with which to deal with sexual violence of all kinds, then the broader implications and manifestations of physical violence must be addressed...