tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1332974967841647989..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: "Instinctual Self-Defense Class for College-Bound Females." A Thirsty Article from Vicki in Van Nuys.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73513876479112613982012-07-21T22:00:30.708-04:002012-07-21T22:00:30.708-04:00@diamc: What you said. +1@diamc: What you said. +1Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5010032219905116622012-07-21T18:52:52.262-04:002012-07-21T18:52:52.262-04:00Ben,
Rape is most easily preventable by getting t...Ben,<br /><br />Rape is most easily preventable by getting the message across that it's not OK to rape...and then by NOT RAPING. This PSA sums it up quite nicely: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shIjkXpf-e4<br /><br />Google "rape culture" and you'll hear from people far more eloquent than I about how some bodies are constructed as inherently rapeable, and all the ways slut drunk in a midnight choirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648918436053645324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81439660795272980302012-07-20T03:13:29.759-04:002012-07-20T03:13:29.759-04:00Good heavens...There were persistent rumors of con...Good heavens...There were persistent rumors of consensual nookie taking place in certain isolated corners of the library stacks at Eastern State U where I did my grad work, but nothing about any kind of assault. That's terrifying!<br /><br />To the larger point, as an undergrad (at a tiny, very rural SLAC) I was involved with a campus feminist group whose leader made it her sworn mission to Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72361559748978546642012-07-20T03:03:22.873-04:002012-07-20T03:03:22.873-04:00The statistic in this article is 1 in 8. When I wa...The statistic in this article is 1 in 8. When I was an undergraduate in 1978, I was told it was 1 in 3. I am not cheered by the "progress," because it's still far too high. Zero would be acceptable.<br /><br />Student safety issues vary greatly from campus to campus. So does student awareness of them, and so does what campus security does about them.<br /><br />I was an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4293877502344721982012-07-19T18:57:05.678-04:002012-07-19T18:57:05.678-04:00Our library facilities have many hidden surveillan...Our library facilities have many hidden surveillance cameras. However, real-time monitoring is not done (for a variety of reasons, not just the expense). It's ironic that these places that so many of us grew up thinking of as sanctuaries, are places where too many people remember being violated (i.e., raped, laptop stolen, etc).Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56111496329859710572012-07-19T18:21:38.743-04:002012-07-19T18:21:38.743-04:00Every university I've been affiliated with sav...Every university I've been affiliated with save one has had multiple rapes in the stacks and bathrooms of libraries while I was there and the student body was not well aware of it. One because the university violated the Clery Act by not informing anyone ("because the suspect was already captured and the victim wasn't a student"). <br /><br />I've never been in a frat New England Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01035798065496710431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79462763213640698062012-07-19T17:56:01.440-04:002012-07-19T17:56:01.440-04:00F&T has it right. Because girls are still &quo...F&T has it right. Because girls are still "things" and we are still not teaching our sons how to treat women. Not all men treat women as objects to be manipulated for their own selfish ends, but enough do that date rapes involving alcohol consumption are more common than most places will admit.<br /><br />Being "date-raped" while drunk is probably the number one way it BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40829038671876274032012-07-19T14:43:24.934-04:002012-07-19T14:43:24.934-04:00Back in the Stone Age, I attended an all male coll...Back in the Stone Age, I attended an all male college. This wasn't an issue.<br /><br />On the other hand, those were the days of the original streaking craze. There isn't anything much stupider than streaking at an all male school. And, yes, guys did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56438239969694900642012-07-19T13:24:14.249-04:002012-07-19T13:24:14.249-04:00Rape isn't just confined to residential unis. ...Rape isn't just confined to residential unis. In the many years I've been at Large Urban Community College, we've had a few rapes on campus as well. The admins' solution has been to implement general personal safety classes for everyone as we also get the occasional assault, robbery, car theft, and indecent exposure, all of which are equally likely to affect males.EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24649335995390061732012-07-19T13:17:54.551-04:002012-07-19T13:17:54.551-04:00As a (still) young woman, I've always been awa...As a (still) young woman, I've always been aware that there's a potential threat of rape at the schools I've attended. I do take certain precautions (always carry a whistle, don't go to fratty parties, park under streetlights, trust my instincts about people who seem "sketchy", etc etc). But I took these same precautions even for the few years that I wasn't in schoolmarginalia84https://www.blogger.com/profile/14939939474264439885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44111203786174593102012-07-19T11:44:35.759-04:002012-07-19T11:44:35.759-04:00Our Uni has had a tradition of keeping sexual assa...Our Uni has had a tradition of keeping sexual assault reports under wraps -- which caused it some embarrassment a few months ago when one victim went to the press. Since then, we have had two attacks close to campus which the Uni publicized, along with photos of the alleged attacker (security cam shots). A student recognized the attacker as her husband and reported him to police.<br /><br />I Lucy, Countess of Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181713706519539554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69098861477790350102012-07-19T10:04:16.775-04:002012-07-19T10:04:16.775-04:00Ouch. Well, we weren't all like that. I was i...Ouch. Well, we weren't all like that. I was in a fraternity at a SLAC and when I went to grad school at a big state school it was a revelation, and no in a positive way! <br /><br />As for the classes, that reminds me, I should tell my nieces that are about to finish high school and start colelge to take them. I had a friend "date-raped" (i.e. raped) in college and I remember howMiddle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54444278520327871192012-07-19T09:38:54.766-04:002012-07-19T09:38:54.766-04:00Meh. I hope they are teaching these young women h...Meh. I hope they are teaching these young women how to not go to frat parties and how to calculate their alcohol limit given their body weight. It's true that nobody who parties deserves to get raped; it's also true that karate moves or keying someone's face don't work all that well in intimate situations that get out of control.<br /><br />Can you tell I don't trust frat Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61705407054749657792012-07-19T06:56:28.614-04:002012-07-19T06:56:28.614-04:00I think the emphasis on "don't get raped&...I think the emphasis on "don't get raped" is simply a utilitarian solution to the problem. "Don't kill somebody" and "don't rob people" are not part of public service campaigns because we don't really understand how to keep people from doing those things. Rape is the same way. The easiest solution is to avoid situations that lead to murder, robberyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62902027289576042262012-07-19T02:56:24.470-04:002012-07-19T02:56:24.470-04:00On one hand I look at awareness workshops and the ...On one hand I look at awareness workshops and the like as something good. Everyone (men included) should learn about what flags a situation as leading toward rape, ways to extricate oneself from the situations, etc. It should be mandatory that whatever orientation incoming students go through cover this material.<br /><br />On the other hand I feel like pushing our focus to how we can recognize The Mad Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104841422695591759noreply@blogger.com