MENEZES: We deserve better
By Matt Menezes | March 6, 2014We must demand more sophisticated behavior and discourse surrounding sexual assault
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We must demand more sophisticated behavior and discourse surrounding sexual assault
The twin messages of “you should want sex!” and “don’t you go having sex!” are too much for anyone to bear, and create a toxic environment where we don’t know what to expect, often drowning our uncertainty in alcohol before diving in. We live in a society that is sexually traumatizing down to its very language, so how are we supposed to talk in an open, healthy way about sex, much less sexual trauma?
Hazing is not a fact of life, not a necessary rite of manhood and not something we need idly accept.
In the wake of the Living Wage campaign and the Sullivan Ouster Debacle, U.Va.’s new bout of student activism takes a more measured and varied approach.
