| Sexual assault is one of society's most "silent"
crimes. Due to sexual assault survivors constantly being
blamed for the actions of the perpetrator, many survivors find it
difficult to trust how people will treat them and/or judge them.
Examples of blaming sexual assault survivors include statements such
as: "What did she expect when she went
back to her place with him?"
--As if every woman should assume she must have sex when alone
with a partner.
"Didn't she say, 'NO'? If she didn't say,
'NO,' she must have wanted it."
-- Why don't we ask, "Did the partner
ASK her first? After all, if the partner was the one doing the
touching, shouldn't the partner BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOUCHING he
was doing?
"With all these prevention programs, why didn't
she just fight back and stop it?"
-- Self-defense courses exist throughout the world and yet violent
crime continues to grow. Why? Prevention MUST be focused
on teaching the perpetrator NOT TO RAPE -- that is the ultimate and
truest form of prevention. What you teach people to protect
themselves and help reduce potential risk is called RAISING
AWARENESS!! In Mike Domitrz's
critically-acclaimed program "Can I Kiss You?" -- he
stresses the importance of putting the responsibility on the person
actually doing the touching. He reveals why society's focus
must shift from the blaming the survivor to actually the holding
person responsible who failed to GET CONSENT. After all, the
greatest and truest form of sexual assault prevention is teaching
potential perpetrators not to rape!! By bringing Mike Domitrz
to your community, you will be giving your students actual skills to
utilize in creating healthy and safer relationships, especially when
intimacy is involved. |
