The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here on campus at UW Stevens Point we have take a number of initiatives to educate and encourage healthy relationships and eliminate sexual assault.
Despite this, we have also decided to promote 50 Shades of Grey as a movie choice in our DUC theater. This movie has come under attack for walking a dangerous line between "dominance and abuse" as well as precipitating an attack at University of Illinois. (links to article at end)
As a student body we not only have the right, but also the responsibility to speak out when we do not agree with something influencing our campus culture. With this petition we are voicing our frustration and calling for actions that would contextualize 50 Shades of Grey on campus. We do not want to censor anything or get anything removed, but to encourage those around us to see through the veneer presented by the film to the dark reality many of us face when it comes to sexual abuse within ourrelationships.
One of the ways we can do this is to promote The Hunting Grounds, a film about sexual abuse on college campuses, being shown the following week at 8pmin the same theater as 50 Shades of Grey. By choosing to oppose the first and attend the latter we use our actions to vote about the kind of campus culture we support.
Links:
Sexual Assault Awareness
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University of Illinois Attack
(http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fstudent-50-shades-grey-inspired-sexual-assault-article-1.2126688&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEHGij5SulgwttdMLcwM072B2He9A
Washington Post
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fposteverything%2Fwp%2F2015%2F02%2F13%2Fthere-is-a-line-between-dominance-and-abuse-and-fifty-shades-of-grey-is-blurring-it%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF9Kx2ikQ9-zWPJWTsyDGJvpQy1AQ
Updates
April 21, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have joined this cause. It is clear this conversation belongs to all of you and I am just humbled to witness the momentum you have created.
Reached 100 supporters
April 21, 2015
55 Comments
Although the movie softens the abuse aspect of the book, it still encourages the use of abuse and dominance without discussing the real issues behind this.
It is not consistent for our campus to simultaneously advocate against sexual violence while also promoting this film. I urge anyone who believes sexual assault and violence must end to refuse to support this film and the message it sends. Every human being has dignity and deserves to be treated with respect. That includes not being debased or abused through sexual assault, violence, or sadomasochism.
The irony is at the forefront but not amusing in the least. Please keep sharing this petition so our campus can have a united front. UWSP cannot take a positive stand in both of these things simultaneously, it's just hypocritical. Which will it be?
It would be a dishonor to the survivors of sexual violence among us to not talk about the hurtful reality of the type of relationship depicted in 50 shades of grey.
I hope that the people who watch 50 Shades on campus (and elsewhere) think about what they are watching, and understand that consent is necessary for pleasure, no matter how that pleasure is reached, consent is absolutely necessary.
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The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Here on campus at UW Stevens Point we have take a number of initiatives to educate and encourage healthy relationships and eliminate sexual assault.
Despite this, we have also decided to promote 50 Shades of Grey as a movie choice in our DUC theater. This movie has come under attack for walking a dangerous line between "dominance and abuse" as well as precipitating an attack at University of Illinois. (links to article at end)
As a student body we not only have the right, but also the responsibility to speak out when we do not agree with something influencing our campus culture. With this petition we are voicing our frustration and calling for actions that would contextualize 50 Shades of Grey on campus. We do not want to censor anything or get anything removed, but to encourage those around us to see through the veneer presented by the film to the dark reality many of us face when it comes to sexual abuse within ourrelationships.
One of the ways we can do this is to promote The Hunting Grounds, a film about sexual abuse on college campuses, being shown the following week at 8pmin the same theater as 50 Shades of Grey. By choosing to oppose the first and attend the latter we use our actions to vote about the kind of campus culture we support.
Links:
Sexual Assault Awareness
http://www.ywcaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/YWCA_infographic-hires.jpg
University of Illinois Attack
(http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nydailynews.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fstudent-50-shades-grey-inspired-sexual-assault-article-1.2126688&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEHGij5SulgwttdMLcwM072B2He9A
Washington Post
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fposteverything%2Fwp%2F2015%2F02%2F13%2Fthere-is-a-line-between-dominance-and-abuse-and-fifty-shades-of-grey-is-blurring-it%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF9Kx2ikQ9-zWPJWTsyDGJvpQy1AQ
Updates
April 21, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people have joined this cause. It is clear this conversation belongs to all of you and I am just humbled to witness the momentum you have created.
Reached 100 supporters
April 21, 2015
55 Comments
I am a student at UWM working on a sexual assault awareness campaign. Ironically, our residence hall is also showing 50 shades of Grey this month.
Although the movie softens the abuse aspect of the book, it still encourages the use of abuse and dominance without discussing the real issues behind this.
It is not consistent for our campus to simultaneously advocate against sexual violence while also promoting this film. I urge anyone who believes sexual assault and violence must end to refuse to support this film and the message it sends. Every human being has dignity and deserves to be treated with respect. That includes not being debased or abused through sexual assault, violence, or sadomasochism.
The irony is at the forefront but not amusing in the least. Please keep sharing this petition so our campus can have a united front. UWSP cannot take a positive stand in both of these things simultaneously, it's just hypocritical. Which will it be?
It would be a dishonor to the survivors of sexual violence among us to not talk about the hurtful reality of the type of relationship depicted in 50 shades of grey.
I hope that the people who watch 50 Shades on campus (and elsewhere) think about what they are watching, and understand that consent is necessary for pleasure, no matter how that pleasure is reached, consent is absolutely necessary.
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I am a student at UWM working on a sexual assault awareness campaign. Ironically, our residence hall is also showing 50 shades of Grey this month.