Akindele Owolabi Essays - Gender, Violence Against Women

Akindele Owolabi Essays - Gender, Violence Against Women Akindele Owolabi Men's Health James Bridges Jr November 27, 2016 Sexual Violence and Victimization on College Campuses Sexual violence is a serious problem that can have lasting, harmful effects on victims, their families, friends, and communities. Sexual violence and victimization on college campuses needs to be eradicated. Speaking as a college student out here in a world where everyday there is rape, murder or abuse I can personally tell you that I am afraid. I have to be cautious when walking alone in the night, and constantly have to be looking around to make sure that my surroundings are clear. I know that I am a male and that is less likely, based off of percentages and surveys taken, that I will be raped but you still have to be cautious. In order to reduce interpersonal and partner violence we must first look at prevention. Prevention efforts should ultimately decrease the number of individuals who perpetrate sexual violence and the number of individuals who are victims. Many prevention approaches aim to reduce risk factors and promote protective factors for sexual violence. In addition, comprehensive prevention strategies should address factors at each of the levels that influence sexual violenceindividual, relationship, community, and society. The most common prevention strategies currently focus on the victim, the perpetrator, or bystanders. Strategies that try to equip the victim with knowledge, awareness, or self-defense skills are referred to as "risk reduction techniques." Strategies focused on the perpetrator attempt to change risk and protective factors for sexual violence to reduce the likelihood that an individual will engage in sexually violent behavior. The goal of bystander prevention strategies is to change social norms supporting sexual violence and empower men and women to intervene with peers to prevent an assault from occurring. Other prevention strategies address social norms, policies, or laws in communities to reduce the perpetration of sexual violence across the population. Some steps are; Know the signs Educate the students - have conferences on interpersonal and relationship violence Check in regularly - if you have a friend who you know may be in a bad situation in her relationship, call or text jus to see how she is doing Be on standby - if you have a friend or friends who may have told you they aren't completely comfortable in their relationship be the person they can call or text whenever As it relates to the question, "Is there an emphasis on Sexual or Partner violence on Historically Black Colleges and Universities?" I don't think there is one. To me there is an emphasis on sexual or partner violence on all women but particularly those in the later stages of high school going into college and those in college. This has been that way since I was young, but as I have grown and matured in this world, I have seen more children being abused or raped, even abducted, so it is hard to actually tell if there is even an actual age group preference. I believe that "these monsters" (rapists, abusers and abductors) don't care what gender or how old those they harm are. So to me there is no emphasis on HBCU's in general but an emphasis on all women, I know I didn't mention much about the men and that's because it is rare to hear that men have been raped or abused because based on past percentages and statistics it is usually the men who do these horrible crimes. But recently ther e has been more abductions of boys and that is something to note. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) against women is now recognized as a problem of global magnitude, owing to its detrimental consequences on the health, social and economic welfare of women and their children. It is a life-threatening problem primarily affecting women and girls. Exposure to IPV among women has been associated with increased morbidity and is documented as the third leading cause of mortality among women of reproductive age. IPV often has serious long-term consequences for the individuals involved, their families, communities, and society. IPV is not restricted to married couples, but also occurs among people in courtship and dating relationships. The phenomenon cuts across all age, social and economic constellations. However young women particularly college students experience high levels of IPV