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GENDER EQUITY AND THE WORKPLACE: SEXUAL ASSAULT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND UNDERSTANDING POWER DYNAMICS |
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DATES: November 3 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. November 5 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. November 10 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. INSTRUCTOR: Alicia Lewis, M.S. 1 CREDIT: SOC 403 CATALOG LISTING: SOC 403
WS: Gender Equity and the Workplace DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to provide students with 15 hours of instruction in both theoretical and applied frameworks dealing with sexual harassment, sexual assault, manipulative behavior, power, and coercion. Through various skill development exercises, role play, and facilitated discussions, students will gain valuable insight and experiences for various environments in working with sexual assault and sexual harassment victims and perpetrators. Self-protective behaviors refer to attitudes and responses that essentially keep people safe from risky situations. These behaviors permeate through value and belief systems and rape myth acceptance. For example, “my friends would never hurt me”, or “when a woman says no she really means yes.” Within this same frame-work, self-protective behaviors for perpetrators (as well as bystanders who side with perpetrators) are attitudes and responses that essentially keep themselves safe and free from guilt before, during and after their (the perpetrator’s) perpetration. Because of strong opposition in our society to reporting sexual assault and sexual harassment [reporting is viewed as socially undesirable], self-protective behaviors for victims may also pose as barriers that interfere with the reporting process. For example, “No one will believe me”, or “I should have been able to defend myself.” Students will gain exposure and explore various self-protective behaviors, which may interfere with interviewing strategies and techniques. Students will rigorously explore their own attitudes, values and beliefs, as well as non-verbal communication and body language, as interviewers [and advocates] have tremendous power and influence over how a victim and perpetrator choose to respond. Additionally, students will gain valuable insight and understanding of incidence and prevalence of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment and stalking. The workshop can be used for upper division sociology elective credits and/or for the applied component of the Diversity & Stratification certificate. REQUIREMENTS: Full attendance is required and other requirements will be discussed during the workshop. Any questions about this workshop should be addressed to John Mihelich (jmihelic@uidaho.edu).
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