regarding this post

I sent this email and received a response which I'm sharing below.

12:49 AM (15 hours ago)

You asked for impressions. here's mine:

Thinking as an incoming freshman: It does not engage me and I won't bother listening, even if attendance is mandatory and even if you ban all other entertainment devices.

Speaking as a man who has left school: I looked for statistics and information in your presentation about men who had been sexually abused or raped. There was no real mention: where there was acknowledgement that some men were raped, it only mentioned other men as possible attackers.

My first overall impression of the campaign is that, again, men should be ashamed of themselves. And I'll probably have to listen to another lecture about how boys are sex crazed idiots who need to be re-educated again because the previous browbeatings didn't take.

My first impression of the campaign overall is that it's an attempt to stop rape by shaming men. It reveals that the author either does not know or does not think it important that a large portion of the male population has likely been sexually abused.

What could be tweaked to make it better? Look at the 1in6 campaign:

http://1in6.org/therapists-and-other-professionals/myths-facts/

and this short comment:

http://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/ev71h/dae_feel_like_constantly_being_told_boys_are_only/c1b87qi

Sincerely,

kloo2yoo

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response

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Berkenwald, Leah

7:55 AM (7 hours ago)

to me

Hello,

Thanks for your honest response. It’s disheartening to hear that we haven’t got it right just yet, but I promise you that we are working on it. Thanks for sharing 1in6.org with me and your Reddit post. I do completely agree with it, and I will incorporate more of the myths/facts from 1in6 to the WIThero campaign. I also see your point about the one in which I do mention male survivors – I will be sure to add that women can also be perpetrators. I really appreciate your feedback – I am really hoping to create something that will engage.

Check out the WITwellness page on sexual assault. I hope you will find that it discusses male and female survivors in a balanced way. Let me know if you have any suggestions!

http://www.wit.edu/counseling/wellness/sexual-assault.html

Leah