Affirmative Consent on Campus Archives | Affirmative Consent / Stopping Campus Sexual Assault.

We’ve Talked A Lot About Consent In 2016 But Have We Made Any Progress On Understanding It?

January 2, 2017

The Debrief 12.27.16 | Kate Lloyd The Debrief: For every step forward we take in understanding consent and sexual assault, we take two steps back. But how much actually changed this year? ‘Grab them by the pussy’: five words which will, depressingly, forever

#IStandWithMySister @HerCampus #SigmaStrong

December 16, 2016

HerCampus.com 12.9.16 | Erica Boucher I am a Tri Sigma, and I love all of my sisters. I love how friendly they are, how much they care, and how much they support me. I also love how even though we may not all

To prevent campus rape, colleges change the rulebook from ‘No means no’ to ‘Yes means yes’ @phillydotcom

September 7, 2016

Philly.com 9.5.16 | Emma Platoff and Jonathan Lai The dorm room door hangers have three simple questions to help students understand consent: "Is the person sober? Is the person awake? Did the person say yes?" Before 2011, the College of New Jersey didn't

Idaho: Austin Michael Brown, charged with rape, says woman said “no,” but it wasn’t a “hard no” @micnews @claire_lampen

September 6, 2016

Mic 9.2.16 | Claire Lampen In today's edition of Terrible Excuses for Rape, an Idaho man facing a felony rape charge told investigators that his alleged victim did in fact say "no," but it wasn't a "hard no." Whatever that means. Twenty-two-year-old Austin Michael

Sexual harassment is rife in universities, but complaining means risking your career

August 31, 2016

The Guardian 8.26.16 Networking is crucial in academia, but does that have to mean fighting off unwanted advances? We need to start talking openly about this issue Sexual harassment in universities is real, it is ugly, and it is well known about –

Australia: Students crash Sydney Uni open day while carrying mattresses with messages condemning campus rape @newscomauhq

August 31, 2016

NewsCom.AU 8.28.16 | Nina Funnell FEMALE and male students carrying mattresses with messages condemning campus rape, have crashed the Sydney University open day, storming a lecture promoting the University to parents of prospective students. The students — including a number of rape survivors

Welcome to the red zone: what’s wrong with sexual assault training on campus @theguardian @mtredden

August 31, 2016

The Guardian 8.26.16 | Molly Redden Advocates want to call attention to the period in which the majority of college sex assaults take place, something critics say has come to symbolize everything that’s wrong with traditional approaches to preventing the attacks Myra Crimmel