Anmd, on a related thread: does anyone's university use alcohol edu?
We require all incoming freshmen to pass it; the students think it's
lame and I agree; the scenarios are so contrived it's comical.
Annette
Quoting Michael Scoles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I received the following e-mail today, which seems to be related to this
thread.
"In order to educate the freshman population about sexual assault/rape,
and to satisfy a grant, I would like to present to your class (es)
information about the media's portrayal of women. The program is a good
one developed by the Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape and
Domestic Violence and is titled " Media, Women and Violence. The
intent is to educate and teach the students to be critical thinkers."
Concerns about the media's portrayal of women have been raised on this
list, and I assume that the basis for these concerns is that treating
women like sex objects, rather than humans, can lead to (read, "cause")
violence towards women. Today, we have been exposed to some "critical
thinking" about the connection between sexual lyrics in music and early
sexual activity. Do you think this is the type of critical thinking
that would be encouraged in the program that is offered? As an extreme
example, we know that sex offenders collect pornography so, clearly,
pornography must encourage sexual offenses. Right???
BTW, NBC didn't go back to Elvis on tonight's news, but they did harken
back to the good-old-days, when Mick was singing, "Let's Spend the Night
Together."
Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR 72035
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University of San Diego
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