I decided this summer to volunteer at my university's LGBT center, and at the beginning of the term, they have a training session that involves center policies, peer support training, and sexual assault information.
In the past, everything was fine, up until we got to the sexual assault session. The session is held by the regional sexual assault support center, and every year I've volunteered, this was the most uncomfortable part of training, although I never say anything in the sessions themselves because I'm afraid to seem like "that mens rights activist" in a group full of strong feminist types.
This time around, they made it clear that sexism only happens towards women, and that male priviledge prevents me from ever being sexually discriminated against. They also illustrated how men don't have to worry about anything at night, and that nighttime is dangerous only for women. Finally, they pointed women to all the resources they provide, because they don't offer any services to men.
It obviously made me uncomfortable to sit there for 2 hours and be berated with this message, but I feel like if I brought it to the coordinator of the center, she wouldn't take any notice to it and would have them continue to come back and do volunteer training presentations. Has anyone else ever been through similar experiences with this, and what did they do?
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