You don’t need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy!Rape is an e

You don’t need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy!Rape is an epidemic now: we may not be able to change the culture overnight, but trained bystanders just might be able to prevent an attack“Where the Green Dot method succeeds is in removing rapists’ social license to operate. A community immersed in bystander intervention not only makes it much more difficult for perpetrators to attack; it also sends a clear message to rapists that what they are doing is not OK, which moves us towards broader cultural change.”Edwards says it’s not that she’s uninterested in the bigger feminist questions, and she spent years working to end rape culture and talking about the big picture issues like misogyny and victim-blaming in much the same way the majority of anti-rape activists do now.“I simply feel desperate to try new ways that might move us more quickly to a more dramatic drop in violence,” she said.According to the results of a five-year study, Edwards’ work is doing just that. The study – which looked at the program’s work in Kentucky high schools – found a more than a 50% reduction in reported sexual violence among students who received Green Dot training, and a 40% reduction in sexual harassment, stalking and dating violence. Schools that didn’t receive the training saw a slight increase in reported violence.“Read the full piece here    -- source link
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