Last month, the infamous Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. Not only was this a victory for Weinstein’s victims, but also for everyone affected by the #MeToo movement. Weinstein’s…
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Photo credit: Take Back The Night Foundation While scrolling through my Facebook timeline recently, I saw that some of my friends were interested in an event called “Take Back the Night.” I’d heard about it in previous years but was […]
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The first time David, 19, of Jersey City, NJ, was sexually assaulted, he was a high school student minding his own business on a train. A man sat down next to him, showed him nude photos of himself and started […]
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#MeToo, originally coined by activist Tarana Burke in 2006, has become a rallying call to discuss and prevent sexual assault in many fields, including athletics. Recently in the news were the trials of Larry Nassar, a doctor who worked for […]
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Since the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the #MeToo movement has repeatedly demanded justice for victims of sexual harassment and assault. With good reason, you hear about it everywhere: on awards shows, radio, the front page of BuzzFeed. I’ve crossed…
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Lady Gaga’s latest music video, entitled “Til It Happens to You,” opens with the message: “The following contains graphic content that may be emotionally unsettling but reflects the reality of what is happening daily on college campuses.”…
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Recently, students at New York University (NYU) were asked the following question: If you could give one piece of advice to a younger sibling about sex, what would you say? Out of the answers to this question came the student-run […]
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Online Game Aims to Prevent Sexual Assault Students in Carnegie Mellon’s “Morality Play: Laboratory for Interactive Media and Values” class created Decisions That Matter, an online interactive game that focuses on sexual harassment, sexual assault…
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