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1. Sexual Assault and Harassment in Schools: The Call to Action is Still Calling
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By John Shields, PhD, MSW | April 30, 2019
Journalist Tyler Kingkade’s recent story for The 74 is such a disturbing read that it appropriately includes this warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault involving children. Still, it’s critical that you do read and understand it. You will see that there’s an immense amount of uphill work we must do to protect K-12 students from sexual and gender-based assault and harassment.
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2. K12T9: Responding to the K12 #MeToo Crisis
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By John Shields, PhD, MSW | September 17, 2018
We need the #MeToo movement. Widespread attention to sexual and gender-based harassment is long overdue. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t been affected in some meaningful way by this national conversation.
Here at ETR, we celebrate this opportunity for education, enlightenment and change.
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3. Sex Trafficking: Helping Students Get Informed
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By Pamela Anderson, PhD | January 11, 2018
Sex trafficking among U.S. teens is real. It’s happening in most communities—in schools, at the mall, online and in other situations. If you work with young people, I hope you’ll check out some new free resources you can use to share facts about youth trafficking with both young people and adults.
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4. Affirmative Consent: Changing Norms
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By Gina Lepore, MEd | March 16, 2017
“Everything is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
This saying is usually credited to Oscar Wilde, probably erroneously, but I love it anyway! It brings home an essential truth. When we talk about norms related to sex and sexual consent, we are often actually talking about norms related to power.
Note: Gina Lepore is lead author on ETR’s recently released supplement, Teaching Affirmative Consent: Practical Guidelines to Increase Student Understanding. This post is adapted from background material for educators that will be included in the new supplement.
- By Gina Lepore, MEd
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5. What Educators Need to Know About Online Sex Trafficking
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By Pamela Anderson, PhD, and Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | August 23, 2016
First published on the Psychology Benefits Society blog of the American Psychological Association.
What comes to mind when you hear the words “sex trafficking”?
If you’re like a lot of people, you might think of a sinister alley in a foreign country serving as the local red light district. Or you might imagine a woman who comes to the U.S. with hopes of a better life for herself and her family who is then forced to sell her body to pay debt bondage. Maybe you think of a young woman violently forced by a hated pimp to work the streets.
- By Pamela Anderson, PhD
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6. Preventing Sexual Violence: Notes from Our Blog
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By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | June 15, 2016
Our nation has been engaged in a vital dialogue over the past couple of weeks about sexual violence. The so-called “Stanford rape case” has people talking about risk, responsibility and consequences. It has also shined a light on some of the particular issues related to sexual violence on college campuses.
This seemed like a good moment to take a look at some past posts from the ETR blog addressing the prevention of sexual violence.
- By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES
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7. Integrating Sexual Violence Prevention into Comprehensive Sexual Health Education: 3 Recommendations
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By Andrea Gerber, MSEd, & Kari Kesler, MA | November 16, 2015
The topic of sexual violence on college campuses has received much attention in the media recently. Many colleges are clamoring to implement or improve education programs in an attempt to reduce the number of rapes perpetrated on their campus.
These high-profile cases have left many people wondering if education about sexual violence prevention shouldn’t start younger, perhaps much younger. What role can sexual health education in middle and high schools play in this effort?
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