this is an interesting article on hookup culture on college campuses. it goes through some anecdotes to explain the lived culture shock of moving to such an openly sexual environment. I like how this also explains that hookup culture has little to do with the physical action of having sex, but the created atmosphere resulting from the gendered assumption that everyone in college wants to and is participating in casual sex. While sex is great and hookups can be safe and enjoyable, the overall culture promotes sexual violence.

this is another chapter over hookup and rape culture on campuses. A lot of this sexual pressure is rooted in gender norms. This chapter also explores the effects of a cis heterosexual, abstinence based sex education and how that education seeps into collective attitudes on sex in general and sexual violence. Sexual assault can be much SO more than non-consensual penis-in-vagina, and many people are unfortunately never taught that. Campus prevention education cannot be fully effective until schools create more inclusive sex ed and programs to understand all forms of violence.

Students tend to perceive sexual violence based on their own lived experiences with it. This article explores different identities and how aspects of privilege and oppression shapes attitudes on sexual violence. Oppressed identities, like LGBTQ+ are angry that programs in place to educate on sexual violence are mostly heteronormative, when in reality, they are the more likely demographic to experience sexual violence. We should cater our prevention and support programs toward the identities that are experiencing the highest rates of IPV to help as many students as possible, and not make the programs look exclusive to stereotyped identities. Also, privileged groups, like white people and men (especially Greek men) are not very supportive of these educational programs, so we need to make priority to educate these groups that tend to cause the harm and dismantle the culture that they are so stuck in.

the #MeToo movement was overall a great start to the ongoing fight to stop sexual violence, but it might have been harmful in some ways as well. Following the movement, there was an increase in disclosure of sexual violence experiences among all undergraduate students! Also, there was increased disclosures among Black students, but a decline in multiracial students. Students who felt #MeToo impacted their perception of sexual assault were more likely to disclose past sexual violence.

this source goes over the disproportionate rate of sexual violence on Black women vs White women. It talks about the unique identity of black women and how they are left on the back burner since they experience such a different form of racism and sexism simultaneously, which puts them at higher risk. It also touches on history of African diaspora and how ignoring that alone causes more racism and harm to continue on. There are many stereotypes placed on Black women that serve as barriers in disclosure and access to support when experiencing sexual violence.