Red Headed Femme

It's time, and past time, that this ridiculous idea be put to rest.  

This sort of training should be mandatory at every college (and high school, for that matter) in America.

Instead of teaching women not to walk alone at night or to carry Mace, some colleges are trying something much harder -- changing college men.

"The fact of the matter is that prevention comes down to, largely, males. Because males are primarily the ones perpetrating these crimes," said Lauren Pilnick, sexual violence education coordinator at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Amen, sistah.

Gakked from a thread on ginmar 's journal, written by flewellyn .

   1. Take rape claims seriously. If a woman says someone raped her, believe her until and unless there is incontrovertible proof that it didn't happen (hint: this is rare).
   2. Prosecute rape fairly. This means no referring to it as "alleged rape" or "alleged victim", no dredging up the victim's sexual history or habits as "defense", no insinuations that she deserved it somehow, and certainly no involving race or class in determining whether or not to punish the perpetrator. And, most importantly, no assuming that a woman defaults to consenting unless she says "no" loud enough or fights hard enough. Default should be nonconsent unless she says or otherwise indicates "yes" unambiguously.
   3. Actually punish rape. Sentences for rape should be in the range of 15-20 years, at least. When four young men who gang-rape a drugged girl on camera can get 6 years, there is a problem.
   4. Teach our children that women and girls are not strange, weird, icky things, but are just normal people. It is very possible to raise boys so that they don't hate girls. Hating girls and women is taught. We need to stop people from teaching it.

Sounds good to me.