Re-Envisioning Bystander Programs for Campus Sexual Violence Prevention

Brush, Lisa D.; Miller, Elizabeth

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“…Programme creators should push beyond inclusion alone and explicitly integrate anti-oppression training and education about the unique risks for SOGD people and how stigmatizing homophobic, bi-phobic, queer-phobic, ace-phobic, and transphobic attitudes might foster individual-attitudes and broader climates that condones sexual violence towards the SOGD community (group-specific and relationship-level vulnerability factors). Scholars have made calls for preventionists and programme developers to centre marginalized voices and broader social justice efforts into programming (Bonomi, 2019 ; Brush & Miller, 2022 ; Klein et al, 2021 ; Rothman, 2019 ), in response to research demonstrating that SOGD communities tend to understand their increased risk for victimization as being attributed broader queerphobic/bi-phobic/homophobic/transphobic climate, want sexual prevention efforts to integrate social justice training into their programming (Flanders et al, 2023 ; Johnson et al, 2019 ; McMahon et al, 2020 ; Potter et al, 2012 ). Scholars have noted how gender transformative paradigms in prevention programmes (which aim to levy social norms approaches to challenge gender inequity that contributes to violence risk) (Brush & Miller, 2019 ; Orchowski, 2019 ) may be particularly helpful in considering strategies to change attitudes and perceptions of SOGD youth as deviant or dangerous, and promote attitudes that disavow violence against SOGD people (Miller, 2022 ).…”

Section: Recommendations For Enhancing Sogd Sexual Violence Preventionmentioning

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Preventing sexual violence in sexual orientation and gender diverse communities: A call to action

Blackburn,

Katz,

Oesterle

et al. 2024

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other sexual orientation and gender diverse (SOGD) communities are at disproportionately higher risk for sexual violence compared to cisgender heterosexual people. Despite this elevated risk, relatively few sexual violence prevention efforts effectively reduce these victimization disparities based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Objective: This narrative review provides an overview of the prevalence of sexual violence in the SOGD communities, delineates risk factors for sexual victimization among SOGD community members, and reviews and evaluates existing prevention efforts for the SOGD communities. We outline specific recommendations for ensuring that prevention efforts meet the needs of the SOGD communities. Method: Drawing on ecological systems theory and public health approaches to sexual violence prevention, we outline current approaches and opportunities for preventionists and scholars to push the field forward. Results: There have been promising prevention programmes designed to be implemented within SOGD communities specifically; however, it is important that general primary prevention programmes endeavour to specifically address sexual violence perpetrated against SOGD people. While many packaged programmes that endeavour to prevent sexual violence across all gender identities and sexual orientations are inclusive of SOGD participants, more programming is needed that integrates anti-oppression training to target social norms that perpetuate SOGD-specific rape myths and normalize sexual violence against SOGD community members. Conclusion: Ecological prevention strategies in line with a public health approach for primary prevention may be particularly valuable for reducing victimization disparities based on SOGD status and identity. Comprehensive sexual education and anti-discrimination policies should be considered front-line prevention programming. To assess if these strategies are effective, the implementation of large-scale surveillance surveys that use comprehensive assessments of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexual violence are needed. Using theoretically grounded implementation strategies for prevention programmes can ensure effective programme delivery.

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Section: Recommendations For Enhancing Sogd Sexual Violence Preventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preventing sexual violence in sexual orientation and gender diverse communities: A call to action

Blackburn,

Katz,

Oesterle

et al. 2024

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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A Qualitative Study on University Students’ Perceptions Regarding Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Women Against Men

de Oliveira,

Carmo,

Cardoso

et al. 2023

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Introduction Sexual violence (SV) perpetrated by women against men is socially dismissed and underrepresented in research. The aim of the current study was to explore the perspectives of university students (women and men) on women-perpetrated SV against men. Methods A total of 19 undergraduate students were presented with a vignette describing a hypothetical situation of SV and interviewed. Results A thematic analysis was performed, identifying four main themes: characters’ Features, sexual initiation Strategies, Consequences, and Motivations and Contexts. Participants endorsed gender stereotypes and victim-blaming narratives, but also challenged gender stereotypes and rape myths. Participants could identify violent sexual initiation strategies, could anticipate potential consequences of the abuse, and were able to imagine potential motivational and contextual factors that facilitated the abuse. Conclusions These results highlight the importance of providing adequate information regarding women-perpetrated SV and can inform preventative approaches targeting social norms that perpetuate the invisibility of this phenomenon. Recommendations for future research are discussed. Policy Implications Public policies that facilitate the training of professionals who contact with victims may help overcome the influence of rape myths that hinder appropriate intervention. Similarly, policies that support the prevention of SV in university contexts may contribute to translate the results from research into practice.

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Re-Envisioning Bystander Programs for Campus Sexual Violence Prevention

Cited by 2 publications

References 87 publications

Preventing sexual violence in sexual orientation and gender diverse communities: A call to action

Preventing sexual violence in sexual orientation and gender diverse communities: A call to action

A Qualitative Study on University Students’ Perceptions Regarding Sexual Violence Perpetrated by Women Against Men

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