Sexual Assault Prevention Module
Dear Incoming Student,
At Macalester College we are encourage our entire community to take responsibility for, become aware of, and work to prevent sexual assault. We want all of our students to enjoy a healthy and enlightening experience during their time at Mac. To help foster that environment we have provided the nformd.on.sexual.assault online education module. All incoming students are expected to complete this module by August 1.
Nationwide, the statistics on sexual assault on college campuses are disturbing. 1 out of every 4 women attending college in this country will experience some kind of attempted or completed sexual assault. Many young men find themselves under legal scrutiny because they did not understand the particulars of consent.
Most of the sexual assault problem is not attributable to colleges directly, but rather to those forces in our culture that make sexual assault likely. Those forces include the following facts:
- Men and women possess different communication styles and therefore hold differing perceptions of consent;
- The media typically misrepresents rape as something that happens by strangers with weapons, when the truth is that 9 out of 10 rapes on college campuses are by someone the victim already knows;
- Our language holds imbedded differences in its terminology for male and female sexuality, and
- Both men and women experience peer pressure with respect to sexual activity.
The nformd.on.sexual.assault program will educate you about all of those issues and others, thus helping all of our students enjoy a prosperous academic career. An informed student body is in all of our best interests.
Please begin the program by visiting this website:
http://www.nformdonsexualassault.net/macalester/
Under First Time User enter the following school code:
52226
Simply follow the instructions from there to begin the program.
We thank you in advance for your diligent participation in this critical program. You can find more information about campus policies, and local resources at http://www.macalester.edu/deanofstudents/harassment/index.htm
Sincerely,
Jim Hoppe Keith Edwards
Dean of Students Director of Campus Life
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