Description
The root of sexual violence is power oppression, yet most policies and practices are based on identity- and power-neutral perspectives. Well-intended prevention efforts frequently focus on teaching potential victims how not to get raped, rather than teaching potential perpetrators not to rape. Further, most policies, practices, and research focus on only one type of victim of sexual violence: a white cisgender heterosexual college woman.
Strategies that fail to account for the ways sexual violence and power intersect cannot deliver effective solutions. Based on a wide-ranging review of research, combined with her 10 years' of experience as an educator and co-ordinator of services for survivors of campus sexual violence, Chris Linder advances a power-conscious lens to challenge student activists, administrators, educators, and policy makers to develop more nuanced approaches to sexual violence awareness, response, and prevention on college campuses.
About the Author
Chris Linder is Associate Professor of College Student Affairs Administration at the University of Georgia, USA. Prior to becoming faculty, she worked as a student affairs educator and administrator for 10 years, spending the majority of her career as Director of a campus-based women's center, supporting survivors of sexual violence. Her research interests include creating and maintaining equitable campus environments, specifically focusing on race and gender. She is the co-editor of Intersections of Identity and Sexual Violence on Campus (2017).
Reviews
I am excited that a book like this one exists and have referred to it countless times while speaking with student survivor-activists and colleagues... It will serve as a North Star to those addressing sexual violence on college campuses. -- Jess Myers
As a woman of color and practitioner in this field, I cannot stress enough how timely and validating it is to read this work. You know that conversation people of color are always telling white people to have with each other so we don't have to burden ourselves with it? This is that conversation. -- Wanda Swan
Linder skillfully interrogates how common forms of power function to incubate sexual violence, how history has forged these toxic matrices, and how insidious the benefits many of us derive from them have been. She then thoughtfully guides us to the critically conscious change work ahead. -- Susan Marine
This guide for student activists, administrators, educators, and policymakers reviews theory and gives practical suggestions for dealing with campus sexual violence, with emphasis on prevention. The book begins by outlining a power-conscious framework, then offers ideas for approaches related to awareness, prevention, and responding to assaults. Related factors such as alcohol and drug use, race, and homophobia are discussed. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787432291
Author Chris Linder
Format Paperback
Page Count 184
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited