The Transformation of Sexual-Harassment Law Will Be Double-Faced

Re:The Transformation of Sexual-Harassment Law Will Be Doubl... by sheepmullet on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @08:57PM (#15975726)

> That's why an epidemiological approach--running tests on everything from lights, to educational programs, to banning hard alcohol at school or work sponsored events--seems like the best way out of this hole to me.

The problem is the methods that are most likely to be effective are considered victim blaming.

E.g. Teaching women how to directly and clearly say no.

Or making it socially inappropriate to get blind drunk.

Etc etc.

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Re:The Transformation of Sexual-Harassment Law Will Be Doubl... by scarmig on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:14PM (#15975809)

I agree. Any effective strategy to reduce rape will involve the participation of victims, but all too often their advocates treat any guidelines as a way of saying "if you didn't get so blackout drunk, you wouldn't have been raped!" And so those types of educational interventions are underused.

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