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Office of Student Life.
Dr. Jean Blanchard, who teach
es the Creating a Rape-Free Envi
ronment (C.A.R.E.) seminar each
term, said addressing the issues
first at the individual level
through education is also the first
step toward any broad changes in
policy.
“Personal change precedes so
cial change,” she said.
And while it’s imperative for
women to educate themselves
about risk and prevention, she
said it is equally as important for
men to understand what a “rape
culture” is. Blanchard said very
few men enroll in the class, but
that they too are a target audience
for the subject matter involved.
“We’re trying to debunk the
stereotypes, to understand it’s not
a woman’s problem,” she said.
Nesha Kennaday, who organ
ized this week’s awareness and
prevention activities as fund rais
ing coordinator for the YWCA,
also focused her efforts on bring
ing men into the process.
She said studies show some
men don’t even know they’ve
committed rape in many in
stances, and that education on the
issue is the only way to combat
this.
“I would love to get male allies
in here to support women,” she
said. “New boundaries need to be
set and victim blaming needs to
stop.”
Kennaday is also taking the self
defense for women class this term
and said learning skills for protec
tion has given her a new feeling of
strength.
“It’s empowering. I went from
being afraid to feeling a sense of
power, of self-confidence,” she
Rape resistance
The best defense you can use
against an attacker is common
sense. Think, don’t panic. Remem
ber that you are not trying to fight
the attacker but are attempting to
divert the person long enough to get
away.
If the attacker has a weapon, fight
ing against it could be dangerous:
Stay calm and try to convince the
person to put the weapon down.
Talk to the attacker, make them see
you as an individual, not an object.
If the attacker is unarmed, you may
be able to scare, distract or injure
said. “It’s about finding and then
using your voice.”
Finding their voice in a differ
ent way are women who take ad
vantage of the counseling center’s
Sexual Assault Survivors Group
sessions, offered on a continuing
basis throughout the school year.
“It’s something we think is very
useful,” Sepi Afrakhteh, a coun
selor at the University Health
Center said. The group “provides
a safe environment to express
their feelings about the event. It
gives them a place to meet others
and not feel alone.”
Though rape has occurred
throughout history, the first rape
crisis center in this country was
n’t established until 1972 in San
Francisco, Calif. Since then, as
awareness has spread, many
things have improved, including
legislative reform, better funding
for crisis centers and a deeper un
derstanding of the impact on vic
tims.
The U.S. Department of Justice,
along with several national non
profit organizations, tracks rape
and assault statistics and annual
ly publishes the findings. One
the person enough to make your es
cape:
Scream “Fire,”or “Police" to create
a disturbance that will attract atten
tion.
Assert yourself and fight back if you
can do so safely.
Break away and run toward popu
lated areas.
Be observant so you will be able to
remember and identify the as
sailant
Report the incident to police as soon
as possible.
SOURCE; Nationaf Violence Against Women
Prevention Research Center
corollary that can be drawn from
the numbers is that rape still far
outranks all other crime as the
least reported in the nation.
So while both the treatment of
victims is vastly improved over
the last three decades and prose
cutorial measures have increased,
much remains to be done in the
legal, mental health, medical and
victim services arenas.
On campus, the 1997 adjust
ments to the student conduct
code sparked much discussion as
well as awareness on the notion
of consent and boundaries be
tween students. The code’s lan
guage was amended to include a
definition of “explicit consent”
that reflects the definition of crim
inal statutes.
Blanchard said the restructur
ing that more specifically deals
with sexual assault and harass
ment at the University is a good
example of individuals’ affecting
change.
“It was a big move when we
tightened the conduct code and
changed policy,” she said. “It
makes all of our work more effec
tive.”
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