Live Blogging Sexual Harassment Per. 8

 

Live Blogging Sexual Harassment

 

Sexual Assault

As we heard in class, the issue of sexual violence towards women unfortunately remains a significant issue in our society. In a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease control of 5,000 college students at over 100 colleges, 20% of women answered "yes" to the question "In your lifetime have you been forced to submit to sexual intercourse against your will?" Thus, one in five college women has been raped at some point in her lifetime (oneinfourusa.org).  Clearly, this is an issue that requires further study and thought.  Take some time today to continue to gather information about its prevalence, the issues surrounding it, its causes, effects, and solutions.  To do so, please follow these instructions:

1. Use the links below to browse and gather information.  For each, make sure that you don't just read the main article but also explore where some of the hyperlinks take you.
2. For every story that you read that's interesting, please copy and paste the link in a comment to this post along with a sentence or two describing the article and what's interesting about it.
3. Once you've read a few articles, do a blog post on the issues raised by our class discussion and in the articles that you read. There should be specific references to at least two articles in your post.  This may count as your weekly blog post (provided that you also follow the instructions in # 4 below).
4. After writing your post, return to the comment section for this one and scroll through the list of articles to see what people are thinking and writing about.  For one that sounds interesting, go to that student's blog, read their post and write a comment back to them.

LINKS

• Soraya Chemaly is a self described "Writer, Feminist, Satirist...not necessarily in that order" who writes and blogs extensively on sexual assault and violence towards women.  Here are a few of her articles(make sure you explore the hyperlinks she posts as well).

                    Notre Dame, Manti Te'o, and Institutional Rape Tolerance
                    5 Ways Sexual Assault is Really About Entitlement
                    Why Naked Pictures Aren't Harmless

• The Huffington Post has an entire section devoted to "Breaking the Silence: Addressing Sexual Assault on Campus".  Scroll through and browse the latest stories and columns about this issue.

• After the Steubenville case, information came to light about a similar incident that happened to two young women in Maryville, Mo.  Here is the original article that details the situation although a lot has happened since.  If you're interested, read the article and then go here to see additional updates.

Hazing

To follow up on the Rolling Stone "Hazing" article, please do this week's blog post on that issue.  Each blog post should reference THREE additional articles that you will read on the topic. You must choose at least one from the Huffington Post and then you may use any other link below.  Please browse through them before selecting the articles that you will include in your post.
Also, please print out one of the articles from the Huffington Post to use as part of our discussion in class next week.

Links
The Huffington Post's section on Fraternity and Sorority Hazing
If you want something closer to home, here is an article about Northwestern or this one about Northern Illinois
If you want to read about sorority hazing specifically check out this article (the hyperlinks within the article are also helpful).
If you are interested, here is a link to "Pro-Hazing" arguments.  The website that posts these also has a lot of intriguing resources.  Go to Stophazing.org

Bullying

"Mini-Essay" #3: Please use the subscription databases to formulate a one page single spaced argument in response to the following questions-Is there a bullying problem in the United States?  What should the government or school administrations do about it if anything?
Make sure your argument is backed up by evidence. You should use Chicago style to cite information from at least three reputable sources from the subscription databases.  Arguments should be well proofread and avoid the use of first person.  Assignment is to be submitted to turnitin.com by class time on Monday, 2/10.