Friday, September 19, 2014
College's issues with sexual harassment finally being addressed by President
September
19, 2014
CNN published an article about President Obama launching a campaign to combat
sexual assaults on college campuses. According to the article one in
five women are sexually assaulted on campus, many of which go unreported. With
that being said its hard to believe something with such grim statistics hasn’t
been addressed by the government already. In April the White house ordered a
task force to raise awareness and educate students about sexual assault and its
prevention. The campaign is called “It’s on Us” and it will be addressing this problem
across the country. The campaign’s main concerns are to identify the problem, engaging
men in preventive measures and effectively respond to assaults when they are
reported. Lastly they wish to “increase transparency in the federal
government's effort to enforce laws about prosecuting sexual assault cases." This campaign plans to include celebrities
and several athletes for public service announcements. As a feminist I am
overjoyed to see this being addressed and I hope many other people will support
this campaign as well. This should be important to students because this
article directly identifies an issue that happens to our exact demographic.
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