10/24/2022 0 Comments Iconical def![]() ![]() These practices made it harder for student survivors to report, more likely these survivors would feel blamed, and easier for student perpetrators to never be held accountable. Students pointed to outdated policies, victim-blaming risk reduction trainings, little awareness about reporting options, and a slow and understaffed Title IX Office. We helped the students identify the key ways in which the university was creating a hostile environment for student survivors to seek help and receive justice. The students felt the university was not supporting survivors of sexual assault and actively tried to hide any cases that came forward or shame survivors into remaining silent. To date, Will and Bill’s video has had more than 100,000 views on Facebook, and resulted in several fraternity men reaching out to Breakthrough to get ideas for replication of the action on their own campuses.Ī student group known as “The Consent Party” from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale reached out to Breakthrough’s Action Hotline asking for help mobilizing students on their campus. To tell the story of their journey to become agents of change, Breakthrough produced this video highlighting Will and Bill’s action to model for other students nationally. Īfter the success of the first Banner Up campaign in sparking greater discussion of consent, masculinity, and the role of Greek organizations in standing up to rape culture on campus and across Indiana, the fraternities at Indiana University – Bloomington put up additional banners with positive messaging supporting survivors of sexual assault for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April 2016. ![]() This creates a culture where men often pressure each other to have more sex they keep track of and police each other’s “score” gay, bisexual, or asexual men are seen and treated as “less than” and women are treated as objects – literally to score. This campaign was a response to banners which pop up every fall on campuses across the country, displaying messages like “dads, drop your daughters off here.” This practice is a concrete example of how college men are taught to prove their masculinity through having as much (heterosexual) sex as possible, even through sexual coercion or rape. ![]()
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