Because date rape and dating violence is such a problem in this country a lot of the shelter advocates were able to go into the high schools and talk about battering. I have done it in the past on several occasions. I have also used it when I had the opportunity to speak with young people.
I used to use a values clarification exercise that was a great success in getting conversations started and was fairly non threatening. We would have statements like, "guys hit their girl friends because they are jealous and love them" or "the first time my boyfriend/girlfriend hit me I would be out the door." I would post signs around the room that read - agree, disagree, neutral, strong agree and strong disagree and ask them to take a position near the sign that reflected their opinions. Man would we have fun. I used these same exercises with adults. That was a long time ago! What is being used now? Qiyamah In a message dated 1/28/2002 5:19:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >The other women in the focus group heartily agreed, saying that trying to >reach adult men was not going to work, that it must come much younger. > >I've tried to interest various service providers in this woman's idea, but >to no avail. Perhaps by posting it here, someone might be able to use this >idea, or perhaps it is already in use somewhere else. I would appreciate >knowing if there are any such programs out there. Thank you. > ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
