how can social bonds prevent rape?
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This presentation connects the dots between friendship and rape prevention at college campuses.TRANSCRIPT
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How can social bonds prevent
RAPE?The most ignored
measure against gender based violence
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RAPE is
UNIVERSAL
Simply because…
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Until recently-
We considered gender based violence to be a women’s issue.
We highlight the victimization of women and create programs of self defense and trainings for women to teach them ‘how to protect themselves’
But…
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What about men?Perpetrator needs fixing, not the
victim
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Andmost
importantly
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What about the male victims of rape?
Did you know that in the UK alone, around 72,000 males are sexually assaulted every year?
That is more than 1 in 10 RAPES
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1 in 7 women students experienced a serious physical or sexual assault during their time as a student.
Other research by NUS Wales found that 30% of male Welsh students felt that a woman was partially to blame for being raped if she was
drunk or wearing revealing clothing.
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RAPE is
UNIVERSALIt hurts us all
It is NOT a women’s issue
but rather a humanitarian issue
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Connection between social
bonds aka friendship and RAPE
prevention
Abraham Lincoln once said,
“I destroy my enemies by
making them my friends”.
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In a closed circuit environment such as a college campus
Rapists
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#1 Please note the majority group is that of the bystanders- imagine their power to influence
positive change
Rapists
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#2 Closed circuit groups mean close bonds where students share private information meaning higher risk
for rapists to be caught and socially confronted
Rapists
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#3 It is SMARTER to socialize and travel in groups (collective power against potential threats)
Rapists
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#4 Inter gender friendship eliminates the ‘alien-isation’ of the opposite gender and focuses on common goals
Rapists
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Rape is as much a men’s issue as it is a
women’s issue because it affects
both genders equally
Divided we are vulnerableTogether, we are invincible
Please prevent what’s preventable
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Make
Friends
With
Benefits
The benefit of security, companionship, fun and lifelong
memories…