For a while now I have absorbed the outrage expressed on social media as people have lashed out in response to the sentencing and then reduced sentence of Brock Turner, rapist, ex-Stanford University swimmer, by Judge Aaron Persky. Unable to identify my own feelings on the matter, or maybe just wanting to avoid them, I tacitly…
Tag: sexual assault
What would happen if we were teaching HOW TO NOT RAPE?
by Jessica Martin-Weber “WHY are there workshops on how to avoid being a victim but there aren’t workshops on how to avoid being an attacker?” She had a point. I encouraged her to lower her voice and be mindful of how others were processing in the moment but I couldn’t deny that she was right….
Beyond Our Culture’s Nipple Confusion
A high school girl decides to show up at school without a bra and gets pulled out of class by security and reprimanded. Why? I used to think that bras were primarily made to support breasts. And secondly to optionally look sexy. How naïve of me. It is obvious to me now that their primary…