On the UNC website, Sexual Misconduct Prevention Resources it’s saying that UNC will not tolerate anyone that violates the Title IX of 1972 Education Amendments. Which, is protecting people from sex discrimination in educational setting. This source was effective in sending their massage because they were straight forward with it, and they gave examples of sexual misconduct and sex discrimination. By giving examples of both unacceptable behaviors, they are showing people what exactly these behaviors are and look like. This content fits this time period because many people specially women goes through this, and nothing is being gone to prevent in some areas. It’s not fair many people face this, and their perpetrator just walks away with warning.…
In "Reckless Eyeballing: Sexual harassment on Campus", Katie Roiphe takes the issue of Sexual Harassment and makes it be seen in a totally different way from the norm. Roiphe states that because of the wide definition of sexual harassment that occurs within our society today it takes women back a step in equality. Because anything from a glance to a sexual advancement that is unwelcome can be perceived to be sexual harassment, women are in fact giving men more power than they actually possess. In order to be a sexual being, a person must approach someone else and see if they are interested sexually. However, with all the fears about sexual harassment claims part of this titillating experience between man and woman is being forgotten.…
Osmond, Marie Withers, and Patricia Yancey Martin. “Sex and Sexism: A Comparison of Male and Female Sex-role Attitudes”. Journal of Marriage and Family 37.4 (1975): 744–758.…
According to AAUW, schools must develop policies, procedures, and campus wide training to ensure proper handling of sexual violence, and these actions must be outlined in their annual reports. NOVA needs to incorporate trainings and programs into the school system to educate its students on reporting, prevention and better understanding of sexual harassment in general. Even though traditional programs are not something to be disregarded the statistical data we have is a proof more is needed.…
Rape culture in the United States has developed into a prominent issue due to the lack of concern in modern society. It is a culture that has desensitized people to the horrific reality of rape by normalizing sexual violence and promoting the idea that the victims often play a role in their victimization. Just as Ostrowski highlights in her article “Putting an End to Rape Culture,” people are attempting to combat the issue of rape by approaching the victims rather than condemning the perpetrators. Unfortunately, this has become a reality among many college campuses. In order to avoid negativity in the media, university management often downplays the severity of such issues; only roughly 11% of college women even report their attack to the police.…
To help colleges and universities implement or strengthen their existing anti-harassment and anti-bullying programs, I joined Sen. Frank Lautenberg in introducing the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act. The bill would require colleges and universities that receive federal student aid to have a clear code of conduct prohibiting the harassment of enrolled students based on their actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. Our legislation would recognize, for the first time, cyberbullying as a form of harassment at institutions of higher education.…
Although written in different time periods and in dissimilar settings, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy are both feminist novels with main characters who are suppressed by their societies. Misogyny is fully apparent in both novels, and both Offred and Tess utilize similar means to endure their harsh societies.…
One of the things that the UNited States prides itself in is it's diverse culture. America is seen as the 'land of the free' where everybody is accepted as equals and can accomplish the "American dream" if they put their minds to it. While this may be true on a large scale, if you narrow your line of scope to American schools you would probably see something a little different.…
Cited: Greeno, C. (2009, Jul 28). Transsexual says college failed to address harassment. The Guelph Mercury. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/355994257?accountid=13631…
Ted Bunch is the co-founder of A CALL TO MEN: The National Association of Men and…
Misogyny is defined as the entrenched prejudice of women, from the Greek roots miso, meaning hatred, and gyny, or woman. Hesiod's tale clearly had a misogynistic theme blames the eternal suffering in life from labor, misery, disease, and death because of woman. Hesoid creates the idea that Pandora was created with the intention to punish man, for she had evil intentions and a beautiful face. From the very beginning, women are taught as a negative 'race'. We can notice this shared viewpoint across a majority of cultures. For example, Powell points out in Classical Myth that in the biblical tale of Adam and Eve, it was woman who is responsible for the world's agony. Undoubtedly, as far as we have come, this perception toward women has still endured in our modern American society.…
"Sexual Harassment Remains Serious Problem on Campus." National Organization for Women. N.p., 06 Mar 2006. Web. 19 Mar 2013. <http://www.now.org/issues/harass/030206aauwreport.html>.…
Of the 24 documented cases of alleged gang rape by college students in the past 10 years, fraternity men perpetrated 13. The problem of group sexual assault on college campuses mainly occurs in an environment where group behavior and acceptance is important to the men involved, i.e. fraternities (Bechhofer & Parrot 144). Looking at the environment surrounding this type of group one can see what causes the prevalence of this type of assault in fraternities. Why does this violence occur within these groups and how is it handled? The dynamics involved in the fraternity 's system causes a "group-think" mentality that promotes and sometimes causes group sexual assault. This group influence, along with the fraternity 's selection of men and their adherence to traditional sex role stereotypes reinforces myths of acceptable behavior in men and women and how these play a role concerning consequences.…
Completing the public argument assignment was a very challenging and enjoyable experience because it was necessary to apply most of the knowledge acquired since the beginning of the semester about rhetorical analysis and persuasive arguments. Therefore, many of the strategies can be easily found in the letter and website that I created. Since my topic for the public argument was sexual assault on UA campus, I selected the Ms. Kendal W. White, who is the dean of students, as the audience for the letter because she has the power to implement the changes that I suggested, which are to increase the punishment of the persecutors of sexual assaults and show support to the victims. However, the website’s homepage audience includes the students of the University of Arizona and the staff of the UA. The purposes of the website are to convince the victims to report more frequently and persuade the entire UA community to join forces in order to eradicate cases of sexual assault. In order to guarantee the effectiveness of the letter I…
There are several reasons to why lecturers sexually harass students at university institutions and some of them include the following:…